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Mr. Blunkett
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what legal safeguards exist against overcrowding in schools. [40583]
Mrs. Gillan
The legal safeguards are those set out in my reply of 19 March, Official Report, column 121. Regulation 17(3) of the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996 requires that every part of a school building shall be such that the health, safety and welfare of occupants shall be reasonably assured. Regulation 7 requires that the buildings provided for a school shall be adequate to permit the safe and convenient passage of persons and movement of goods within the buildings.