Question reference: S6W-00034
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 14 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 May 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities with urgent priorities to build schools will be able to fund this through their own capital plans once their Scottish Schools for the Future awards are confirmed.
Answer
All schools within the Learning Estate Investment Programme are funded upfront by local authorities through their own capital plans. Scottish Government support is in the form of revenue funding, through the outcomes-based funding model.