Question reference: S4W-20752
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 April 2014
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Current status: Answered by Michael Russell on 12 May 2014
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the maintenance needs of the school estate in each local authority area, also broken down by the number of schools where the need for repairs has been categorised as (a) urgent, (b) essential and (c) desirable.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this level of information. This information is held by individual education authorities as it is their statutory responsibility to maintain school buildings as outlined in Section 17 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.