Sudden change in guidance has had far-reaching impacts on the rest of Government
of being a serious risk of collapse or failing was said to be the final straw after two similar incidents in schools outside of England.
Ministers decided to take a more cautious approach to dealing with the building material, which culminated in the DfE issuing last-minute orders to headteachers and councils affected to close all or part of their schools containing the concrete., and the chaos has spread across Whitehall. Education insiders said the DfE’s last-minute decision to issue new guidance to schools has caught the rest of Whitehall on the hop, with other departments said to be going “bat***t” over the move.
The shift in stance means other departments must now take as strong a line as the DfE, prompting a frantic assessment of government buildings that may be affected by the dangerous material, including hospitals, Ministry of Defence estates and prisons., including among several Tories’ whose constituents are affected. But DfE officials insist the timing is just bad luck, and that the fresh advice over the fragility of RAAC could have come at any point.
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