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Meeting of the Parliament 04 June 2025

04 Jun 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Nursery Closures (Aberdeenshire Council)
Education and Skills
Burnett, Alexander Con Aberdeenshire West Watch on SPTV

I am glad that the minister is aware of the proposal to mothball four nurseries in Aberdeenshire. A full council meeting is taking place next Monday to make a final decision, but, despite numerous questions, we still appear to be going round in circles, with ministers saying that consultation is required under the guidance and council officers saying that it is not. I asked the minister to write to the council—which was done on 30 May—but it is disappointing that the contents of that letter were not shared with my office. Can the minister simply confirm that her letter to the council confirmed what she and the First Minister have said in the chamber, which is that a consultation should have taken place?

In the same item of business

5. Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Government when the children’s minister last met with Aberdeenshire Council to discuss nursery closures. (S6O-04756)
The Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise (Natalie Don-Innes) SNP
As I have explained previously, it is the statutory responsibility of local authorities to manage their early learning and childcare estate in consultation w...
Alexander Burnett Con
I am glad that the minister is aware of the proposal to mothball four nurseries in Aberdeenshire. A full council meeting is taking place next Monday to make ...
Natalie Don-Innes SNP
I can confirm, as I said in my previous answer, that senior Scottish Government officials wrote to the council’s director of education on 29 May to draw the ...
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP
The minister will be aware that the Tories run Aberdeenshire Council, so Mr Burnett should raise the issue with his Tory colleagues. The Scottish Government ...
Natalie Don-Innes SNP
Ms Mackay raises an extremely important point. In relation to the challenges, the addressing depopulation action plan sets out the Scottish Government’s stra...