The Committee of Public Accounts review of the programme, published today, found that poor planning has led to delays and "widespread disappointment" with the scheme.
It also revealed that the DCSF and Partnerships for Schools, the company responsible for delivering the programme, have wasted large sums of public money on consultants, because their own staff lack the necessary skills to deliver BSF.
Edward Leigh, chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, said the secondary school rebuilding programme had been beset with problems from the beginning.
He said: "The DCSF and Partnerships for Schools must dispel the air of complacency which surrounds them, by indicating in detail how they propose to speed up the pace of delivery and finish the programme on time."
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