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HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI thank my hon. Friend for that, and also for all the work that he and his council have done—they have been exemplary in getting on top of this issue. On temporary buildings, I am…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsYes, I absolutely agree. Our school rebuilding programme is much more efficient and much cheaper. It comes complete with classroom walls, and it is definitely much quicker to…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI will look at the hon. Lady’s free special school, but we announced seven new free special schools in the summer holidays. This is very much part of our building of more places…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsActually, the portacabins of today are very well insulated, but I would advise the hon. Lady that any particular case should be referred to the Department. The school can come…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI made the point to a journalist earlier— an off-the-cuff remark after the interview had finished—but I was responding to the fact that, in effect, the journalist had interviewed…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsWe intend to publish management information. As I say, the list that will be published this week will have the initial information about mitigations. We will publish more…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsAs I have mentioned, we have written to officials in Northern Ireland and offered to have meetings to pass on information and best practice and to work with them closely.04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsMy colleague Baroness Barran has written to those responsible bodies again and requested that they respond to the questionnaires by the end of the week. We will then need to…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI can confirm that surveyors registered with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are acceptable.04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsMy hon. Friend should have the details of schools in his constituency in a “Dear colleague” letter, and he can phone the helpline to get information on those schools. In addition,…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsIt is our intention that all the schools remain open as much as possible and we expect that most of them will. I thank the headteacher and all of the staff at the hon. Lady’s…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsWe have got the contracts for the portacabins. In a few days, we have actually stood up a helpline system and a caseworker system. I think the schools, working with the…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI think the Welsh Government will be providing the response to RAAC in Wales and also the funding for it.04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI do not agree with the last couple of comments, but if the school has already been confirmed for the school rebuilding programme, that will continue.04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI am aware that, as the hon. Lady says, Leicester’s schools start a little earlier. However, the information on which we based our decision only really came forward at the end of…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI can give the hon. Gentleman some good news. We are going to be funding schools more than ever before: £60 billion a year, and the overall capital budget, as I have said, is £19…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsIf there are schools in the hon. Lady’s area, they will have been identified and we will be working with a caseworker to mitigate those as soon as possible; if there are suspected…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsWe have written to Northern Ireland officials and offered support. It is absolutely our priority to minimise remote learning as much as possible. The right hon. Gentleman is…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI thank the right hon. Gentleman, but just so that he is aware, and actually so that all Members are aware, this was announced on Thursday and today is Monday. In that time, we…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsI do sympathise with the hon. Lady. The PFI deals that were put in place all over the country, and which still blight the public sector today, are a hangover legacy of the last…04 Sept 2023