 during his time as Chancellor. A total of 156 schools were told last week their buildings contained the crumbling concrete. Of those, 104 have partially or completely closed, delaying the start of term for thousands of pupils. For other kids returning to the classroom, lessons will take place in office blocks and portacabins. With parliament back in session after a six-week summer break, ministers are under huge pressure to sort out the scandal . Officials have bumped up the number of firms surveying buildings from two to eight. Desperately seeking to reassure nervous parents, Ms Keegan said: "The vast majority of surveys that we do, they come back without RAAC, but where we find it we will then treat everyone as critical and we will either prop them up or put temporary accommodation into place and then we will refurbish or rebuild them if they require that. "What we're doing right now is we've assigned a caseworker for each one of the schools, for working with the school to figure out what the mitigation){kind=link}
HUNDREDS more schools could be riddled with unsafe concrete, Gillian Keegan admitted today.
The new school year kicked off in chaos as the Education Secretary warned surveyors are still scrambling to check all pupils are safe.
It came as a former chief at the Department for Education claimed Rishi Sunak slashed funding to fix up reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) during his time as Chancellor.
A total of 156 schools were told last week their buildings contained the crumbling concrete.
Of those, 104 have partially or completely closed, delaying the start of term for thousands of pupils.