THE fall-out from the collapse of construction giant Carillion is being felt across Dorset in schools, prisons and in the defence estate.

It comes after the building firm went bust on Monday.

The collapse of the company, which has put thousands of jobs at risk, was discussed at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday.

Carillion provided school services such as dinners, cleaning and maintenance.

Its liquidation could affect some maintenance work at schools in Dorset which were overseen by the firm under previous contracts.

A Dorset County Council spokesman said: “Dorset County Council does not have any current contracts with Carillion. However, we do have three previous schools contracts including Holy Trinity Primary School, Weymouth, Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne, as well as a lesser scale external works project at Lytchett Minster School.

“Due to the nature of the contracts, these schools had protection against latent defects for 12 years which may now be lost with the collapse of Carillion.

“We are concerned with the potential impact this may have on Carillion’s supply chain, which might include some of our contracted suppliers. We are in discussion with the managers of the frameworks we use and it is still very much an emerging picture as information becomes available.”

As well as construction projects, Carillion maintained thousands of homes for military personnel including at bases at Bovington and Blandford (through CarillionAmey, which operates independently of Carillion).

An MoD spokesman said: “This announcement has no direct impact on defence or the services provided to the Armed Forces and their families. Housing will continue to be serviced, catering facilities provided and buildings and offices cleaned.”

CarrillionAmey said the terms of joint ventures’ arrangements means that Amey will continue the services.

A statement said: “Amey is committed to doing this and ensuring continuity of service to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and MoD and the service men and women in the UK.

“We have no concerns about our ability to continue to operate our businesses and our staff and suppliers will continue to be paid as normal.”

Carillion also maintained some prisons and it is understood this included facilities management services to HMP/YOI Portland and HMP Guys Marsh.

Cabinet Office minister David Lidington said the government would continue to deliver all public sector services following Carillion’s collapse.

With regards to prisons, a Cabinet office spokesman said the Ministry of Justice has contingency plans in place to ensure services will continue.