What the (a) highest number and (b) average number of representations is that it has received requesting a call-in of a local authority dec…

The number of representations made to the Scottish Ministers under the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 about school closure proposals varies significantly on a case by case basis. In many cases no representations have been made while in others there have been some hundreds of representations.
The highest number of individual representations made to the Scottish Ministers about a single school closure proposal is nearly 900.
The average number of representations made to the Scottish Ministers about a school closure proposal, based on the 75 school closure proposals considered to date, is estimated to be around 30.