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Schools: Temperature

Asked by Catherine WestLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 7 July 2026UIN 13890

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a maximum temperature threshold above which schools should not open.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13129.

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