Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27931 by Graeme Dey on 14 June 2024, what recent discussions its (a) ministers and (b) officials have had with the (i) UK Government and (ii) other devolved governments regarding Education Maintenance Allowance.
The UK Government abolished EMA in 2011 and therefore there have been no discussions with them regarding EMA in recent years.
In January 2024, EMA officials met with the Welsh Government to provide an overview of the current EMA programme in Scotland. The purpose of this meeting was to support the review of EMA being conducted by the Welsh Government which is due to publish later this year.