Minister claims gov has been ‘most proactive in world’ on concrete disaster – regardless of claims it did not heed warnings

Schools minister Nick Gibb claimed the federal government is taking essentially the most proactive method “in the world” over the concrete disaster following accusations it did not heed warnings.

Mr Gibb advised Sky News he didn’t settle for criticism from the National Audit Office (NAO) that the Department for Education (DfE) was taking a “sticking plaster approach” to crumbling colleges.

Writing within the Times, NAO chief Gareth Davies recommended that there had not been adequate concentrate on “unflashy but essential tasks” corresponding to sustaining public buildings which have confronted “underinvestment”.

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But Mr Gibb stated: “I do not settle for that.

“We are taking more proactive action on that than any other government in the world. We are the government that put out the warning notice in 2018. We are the government that sent questionnaires to every responsible body asking them to tell us about RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) in their schools.“

It comes as Rishi Sunak and Gillian Keegan face rising strain over the collapse-prone concrete closing colleges, because the schooling secretary was compelled to apologise after claiming others had did not deal with the disaster in a sweary outburst.

The situation has brought on disruption for 1000’s of pupils simply as they return to high school following the summer time holidays.