Week 26 2022

Delivery of air cleaning units

A summary of air cleaning unit delivery to schools in England.

Release type
Published

Background information

A summary of air cleaning unit and CO2 monitor deliveries to state-funded education settings, including early years, schools and further education providers up to 24 June 2022. This data covers England only. This transparency release sets out the number of air cleaning units and CO2 monitors delivered by the Department for Education using administrative data from its delivery partners.


Headline facts and figures

As of 24 June, there were 8,026 DfE-funded air cleaning units and 386,699 DfE-funded CO2 monitors delivered to state-funded education settings.


Background

The Government has provided £25 million of funding to provide over 300,000 CO2 monitors to state-funded education settings, including early years, schools and further education providers.

In January, the Government committed to fulfil all eligible applications for air cleaning units to state-funded education settings for poorly ventilated teaching spaces where quick fixes to improve ventilation are not possible. All eligible applications received have been fulfilled.


Contact us

If you have a specific enquiry about Delivery of air cleaning units statistics and data:

Ventilation team

Email: ventilation.operations@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Alex Miller

Press office

If you have a media enquiry:

Telephone: 020 7783 8300

Public enquiries

If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:

Phone: 0370 000 2288

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