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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Half of Education Department staff working in office as concrete crisis unfolded

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Half of civil servants in the Department for Education (DfE) were working in the office when the crumbling concrete crisis hitting schools unfolded, Government data suggests.

The latest Civil Service data suggests 51% of desks were occupied in the week that the Education Secretary ordered 104 schools and colleges in England to make closures because their buildings contained collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

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