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Written question asked by Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 22 April 2022. It was answered by Baroness Barran (Conservative) on Friday, 22 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Air Pollution

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on their trial in Bradford of air purification technology suitable for classroom contexts.

Answer

The study of air cleaning units in primary schools, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, is run by the class-ACT (air cleaning technology) consortium and led by the Centre for Applied Educational Research at the University of Leeds.

The trial has provided valuable informal interim feedback on the practicalities of introducing ACT in schools. These interim findings have been published by the Class-ACT consortium as a 10-step guide for schools, published in the Times Educational Supplement on 27 January. This article can be found here: https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/covid-schools-ventilation-10-step-guide-using-air-cleaning-units.

The study of air cleaning technologies is still ongoing, findings are planned to be published in late 2022.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7783
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Air pollution Pollution control Schools Technology
Link
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