Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-20534 on 6 September 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at : https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers

Public Health Scotland (PHS) does not collect data on the waiting times patient experience for dyslexia screening.

The Scottish Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders in the development of the Learning together: national action plan on parental involvement, engagement, family learning and learning at home 2018–2021. In late 2021 a steering group was formed by the Scottish Government to inform next steps, with representation from CoSLA, Education Scotland, Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, Scottish Qualifications Authority, General Teaching Council of Scotland, Connect, National Family Learning Network, National Parent Forum of Scotland, and Scottish Parental Involvement Officers Network.

The Scottish Government is currently considering next steps and will update the Scottish Parliament later this year.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information, because it is statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage and maintain their school estate.

This government has a strong record on the school estate, working in collaboration with local authority partners. The 2023 school estate statistics show that 90.7% of schools were in a good or satisfactory condition in 2023, up from 90.4% in 2022 and 61.1% in 2007. Since 2007-08, 1,098 school builds or substantial refurbishment projects have been completed.

The Scottish Government’s £2 billion Learning Estate Investment Programme is being delivered in partnership with local authorities and will build on this progress.

The SFC last undertook a review of the college estate in late 2017 through the College Sector Estate Conditions Survey. This identified that approximately one-third of the college estate required significant backlog maintenance, either through major repair or replacement of core elements of colleges’ estate. As a result, the college sector was allocated additional funding in 2018-19 to help fund very high priority maintenance needs.

The college sector capital funding allocation for 2023-24 increased by over 10% with £31.2m being allocated for backlog and lifecycle maintenance. The SFC offered greater flexibility by combining the two funding allocations. Additionally, the SFC has targeted £4.7m of capital maintenance funding to support the highest priority needs such as significant known and emerging health and safety issues, including making buildings wind and watertight.

The Scottish Government has working relationships with the Welsh Government on a number of issues but does not currently publish minutes of its meetings. This is to preserve a safe space for officials to discuss a range of matters.

While there are no plans to publish minutes of meetings with Welsh Government officials where areas of mutual interest including the Scottish Education Exchange Programme have been discussed, our engagement with the Welsh Government is helping to inform our Exchange Programme test and learn project.

The Scottish Government is not aware of these reported comments from the EIS. The up to date national picture on Behaviour in Scotland’s Schools will publish later this year.

The Scottish Government does not recognise these reported claims.

The Scottish Government worked closely with the teaching unions, including the EIS, and local government partners to reach a historic 28-month pay deal that has a cumulative value of 14.6%, which is the largest pay package for teachers in over twenty years.

The Scottish Government does not hold this information. It is statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage and maintain their school estate.

However, the proportion of schools in “good” or “satisfactory” condition has increased from 61% in April 2007 to 90.4% in April 2022.