| answer text |
<p>The department follows Health and Safety Executive guidance on building safety
issues, and monitors reports from Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures, the
Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
for any bulletins on safety that may impact the school estate.</p><p> </p><p>Where
the department is alerted to significant safety issues with a building that cannot
be managed with local resources, the department provides additional support on a case-by-case
basis. There are no areas within schools open to pupils where there is a known immediate
safety issue.</p><p> </p><p>The department is working with the sector to establish
a research study of several system-built frame types to establish how these buildings
will age.</p><p> </p><p>Following the National Audit Office’s recommendation in their
June 2023 report on Condition of School Buildings, the department is consulting external
academic and other experts on the proposed research into system-built blocks through
a workshop in late March 2024.</p>
|
|
