Chamber and committees

Does the panel have an understanding of what the cost for extending free school meal provision to P6 and P7 will be and how that will be funded?

Could the vision that you have described be delivered in the classroom environment that we have now, considering current classroom numbers and non-contact time? Could teachers do that now or will those things need to change?

Will there be any impact on the capital expenditure to make the infrastructure changes that might be needed as a result of finding reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete—RAAC—in schools? Will that impact on the available budget?

Are the proposed structures fit for purpose to do that?

The delivery of free school meals is dependent on infrastructure, and I am keen to understand whether, if the budget were to be squeezed from other places, including for RAAC—that is not an unreasonable statement—that would risk the delivery of free school meals.

Do you know where those savings are broadly coming from across the piece?

Is there a risk that you may not be able to do so in the timescale that the cabinet secretary set out?

I appreciate that. I found the report helpful, including the detail on the sensitive approach, as you have set out. Are you able to set out what the results would have been had you not applied the sensitive approach?

I appreciate that.

Could you undertake that analysis? It feels like it would be useful for the committee to understand some of the demographics of that increase.