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It is easier to assess some of the extra elements that Richard Lyle talked about.The witnesses’ evidence has been very interesting and has set us up well for our scrutiny of the Government’s report on proposals and policies and the budget.
If we need—we have costed this—an extra 3,000 joiners and an extra 4,000 electricians just to do the things that we need to do to get through climate change, we can start the training process now.
I welcome the UK Government’s recent announcement of extra funding for general practice, which will see an extra £200 million for Scotland in Barnett consequentials.
It is weird that there is a headteacher who does not want control of extra money, which he could use to support children with additional support needs.
If it is not possible for you to give the information today, will you come back to the committee with the total costs of the IT system and the extra staffing costs? I believe that, until after Christmas, some 75 extra staff were taken on, but I also believe that that number has increased.
It said: “I do not think that we are calling for an extra £500 million explicitly”.—Official Report, Local Government and Communities Committee, 22 November 2017; c 36.
The introduction of such an arbitrary maximum class size may mean that if a class had just one or two extra pupils, the need would arise for an extra teacher, an extra classroom and a great deal of extra expenditure.
That would give the Parliament an opportunity to express its views on the intentions, and it would provide an important extra layer of scrutiny and oversight.