Cost of managing asbestos in schools

The following answers relate to Local Authority maintained schools only and therefore do not include Academies.  For information relating to Academy schools you will be required to contact each Academy school direct.  Click link for a list of Academy schools and their contact details.

The amount of money spent on asbestos management in schools between 2006 and 2016 (to include the costs of surveys, staff training and work to enclose asbestos within schools)

Cost of asbestos management between 2006 and 2016 was £347,219 for the Schools Estate.

The amount of money spent on asbestos removal from schools between 2006 and 2016

Asbestos removal costs are accounted for within the overall project budget and therefore this information is not available separately.

The amount of money spent on fines for breaches in the safe management of asbestos in schools between 2006 and 2016  

None 

Funding sought from the Department of Education and the Education Funding Authority for the management and removal of asbestos from schools between 2006 and 2016

The Department for Education and the Education Funding Authority do not provide Local Authorities with specific funding for the management or removal of asbestos.  

The amount of funding approved by the Department of Education and the Education Funding Authority for the management and removal of asbestos from schools between 2006 and 2016  

None, refer to answer provided above. 

The projected budget for future management of asbestos in schools between 2017 and 2027.

The Local Authority receives an annual condition grant for the maintained schools estate.  Within the 2017/18 allocation the Local Authority has set aside £42,000 for managing asbestos.