The Department for Education's (DfE) Asbestos Steering Group is to meet early next month to share the findings of the review and to discuss proposals on the management of asbestos in schools.
In response to a series of Parliamentary questions, David Laws, the education minister responsible for the matter, said he expected the report to be published by the end of February.
But last week the DfE could not confirm this or give a timescale for release.
Michael Lees, who set up the campaigning group Asbestos in Schools (AiS) in 2005 following the death of his wife, a teacher, from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma, said the government's review of asbestos policy for schools was "running out of time".
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