Government officials are running a “call centre” to chase schools who have not responded to a survey on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), with the lack of response “baffling” ministers.
Baroness Barran told Schools Week the Department for Education was “here to help” with the potentially dangerous concrete building materials.
The Office for Government Property (OGP) fears the “crumbly” material, used widely in flat-roofed school buildings, is “liable to collapse”.
According to a Local Government Association report, seen by Schools Week, more than 150 schools “have been identified as potentially having RAAC”.
