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For now, the measures are quite harsh on household contacts, for instance. We are not requiring non-household contacts to stay in the house for 10 days—they can have a negative test and be released.
The Scottish National Party pledged to set up a digital schools network in 2007, but almost two thirds of young people had no online teacher contact during lockdown.
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, submission rates are similar to last year and online applications have increased by 2% with over 18,000 (92%) applications completed online.
Children and young people also said that they want us to do more to help protect their rights when they are online: “Make sure these commitments apply to online too.”