Leaders of schools affected by RAAC are facing long waits to be reimbursed hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on mitigations.
Trusts and councils were told earlier this year that the government would cover both capital and “reasonable” revenue costs incurred after they had to vacate buildings affected by the crumbly concrete.
Baroness Barran, the academies minister, told MPs earlier this year that the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) “normally” paid revenue claims “on a monthly basis, but if responsible bodies have cash-flow problems, we can do it faster”.
But schools that scrambled to put plans in place after the emergency announcement to shut some buildings in August have reported delays and uncertainty in how their claims are processed.
