Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 13890

Schools: Temperature

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

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.

Answer

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