The cost of removing asbestos from schools in Wales would make the task “wholly impractical” a new investigation has concluded.
All 22 local education authorities in Wales were asked to provide the most recent information on the scale of the problem in school buildings. Opposition party Plaid Cymru which asked for the details under the Freedom of Information Act says making schools asbestos free was likely to cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
The estimate is based on figures from local authorities such as Denbighshire which said it would cost between £6 million and £8 million to remove the asbestos in schools, while Carmarthenshire forecast the removal at £2.587 million with an additional £3 million for reinstatement.
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