Education secretary gives statement to Commons on Raac after being caught on camera swearing about lack of credit for her work
Keegan says nothing more important than safety of children and staff as she makes statement on crumbling concreteWhen the government knows there is a risk, it takes immediate action, she says.
She says she responded to recent cases, including one emerging only at the end of the school holidays.She says 52 schools and colleges have mitigations in place. Another 104 schools were last week advised to take measures to contain the risk from Raac. Most of these will remain open, because only part of the school is affected.She says England has a better understanding of where Raac is present in schools “than most other counries”.
Once mitigations are in place, the government will publish a list of schools affected. That will happen this week, she says, with details of mitigations in place.She says this will include information about the number of pupils doing remote learning.Updated at 17.30 BST
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