Question reference: S6W-03927
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 26 October 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it can take to ensure any remedial action required, as a result of a classroom failing a ventilation inspection, is carried out, and how progress will be monitored.
Answer
It is the statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage and maintain the school estate across Scotland. The Scottish Government asked local authorities to detail any ventilation mitigations or remedial action arising throughout the CO2 monitoring exercise. Areas of potentially poor ventilation should be identified by reference to the Scottish Government’s Reducing Risks in Schools Guidance, which makes clear at what level of CO2 concentration remedial action should be considered.
To date, local authorities have reported only limited instances of remedial action being required in their learning estates.