Issue: Asbestos

Latest news:

15/4/2013

HSE information:

• Asbestos management checklist for schools (pdf)
• Workplan 2013/14: Asbestos management in schools outside Local Authority control SIM 07/2012/08  
• Questionnaire Work year 2013/14: Asbestos management in schools outside Local Authority control  (pdf)

Voice Solicitor David Brierley will be speaking at BMTA’s Asbestos Management in Schools and Public Buildings seminar at Kegworth, near Derby, on 8 May 2013 (pdf):

11.10 -11.40: Asbestos in Schools – The Key Issues: 

This presentation will explain where asbestos can be found in schools and outline the risks. It will set out the position of successive governments, the objectives of the campaigning groups and the extent to which they have been achieved. The presentation will examine the standards of asbestos management in schools. It is anticipated that there will be updates to report.

Recent news:

Commons Education Committee to examine asbestos in English schools: 13 March 2013 (Watch)

JUAC's press statement

Leighton Andrews, Minister for Education and Skills, Welsh Government: Written Statement: Asbestos in Schools (27 November 2012) (Word)

New asbestos management guidance for schools and colleges (DfE) (22 October 2012) and

JUAC press release (30 October 2012)

Further information:

www.voicetheunion.org.uk/asbestos