The government’s spending watchdog has criticised the Department for Education’s green ambitions after it quietly slashed a climate change programme’s budget by more than £85 million.
National Audit Office bosses have warned the DfE its sustainability goals are at “risk of being deprioritised or traded-off when making decisions” in a damning report published today.
It found the department “does not know what contribution” its climate change schemes will have – even though education settings produce 37 per cent of public sector emissions.
The NAO also said school leaders – whose buildings are said to be in “poor condition” – are being allowed to use government cash from energy efficiency schemes on alternative projects.
