Estates and Infrastructure Failure - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Please provide details of any incidents caused by estates and infrastructure failure at the maintained schools in your Local Authority.

 

Estates and infrastructure failure will include, but is not limited to, • Power and/or heating failures • Fires and false alarms (where caused by equipment faults or malfunction, deliberate/malicious causes should be excluded) • Water and/or sewage supply • Pest control •Mould and/or Damp •Leaks •Electrical Failure

 

2. For each incident, please provide a summary of the incident and its impact on the health and safety of staff and pupils.

 

3. Please also provide details on whether these incidents caused the school estate to be closed, or partially closed.

Decision

LCC provide SEMS (Statutory Essential Maintenance Scheme) to certain schools but only if they buy in to the scheme. Schools may ring the property helpdesk but may not and so would not be able to collate the data as requested.

Reference number
FOI0765
Date request received
25 October 2019
Date of decision
18 November 2019