Question reference: S4W-13384
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 28 February 2013
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Current status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2013
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many representations it has received requesting a call-in of the decision by North Lanarkshire Council on 6 February 2013 to rationalise Abronhill and Cumbernauld high schools.
Answer
The total number of representations made to the Scottish Ministers under the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (2010 Act) about North Lanarkshire Council’s proposals for Abronhill High School and Cumbernauld High School is almost 800. This figure includes a number of duplicate or multiple representations, the precise number of which is still being determined.
However, the decision on whether to issue a call-in notice is not dependent on the number of representations made but where it appears to the Scottish Ministers that the education authority may have failed:
(a) in a significant regard to comply with the requirements imposed on it by the 2010 Act so far as they are relevant in relation to the closure proposal, or
(b) to take account of a material consideration relevant to its decision to implement the proposal.