Parliament Workbench
Data: Motions & questions to 19 Nov 2026

Written Question · S6W-04407 · Session 6

What plans it has to make school estates local and affordable sports hubs in order to increase participation in sport.

Answered Asked by Carol Mochan Lab Lodged 11 Nov 2021

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make school estates local and affordable sports hubs in order to increase participation in sport.

The answer

Answered by Maree Todd on 30 Nov 2021 · 19 days after it was lodged, on time

The vast majority of the school estate is the responsibility of, and managed by, local authorities. The Scottish Government’s Learning Estate Strategy and its guiding principles provide a platform for investment in the learning estate across Scotland and set out our strategic approach for managing the learning estate. One of these guiding principles is that learning environments should serve the wider community and where appropriate be integrated with the delivery of other public services.
The Programme for Government aims to address the inequalities in our society, and create a fair, equal society for all. The commitment to doubling investment in sport and active living is aligned to this wider aim and will be used to ensure we support participation across all groups and address inequalities in access to physical activity and sport.
As part of its ongoing commitment to develop the sporting system, sport scotland continues to work with local authorities to encourage and support them in widening access to school sport facilities. This has involved working in partnership with local authorities to support various aspects of their planning, including facilitating the development of local sport and sport facilities strategies, and supporting operational planning at individual school level, including developing Community Sport Hubs within schools.
Community Sport Hubs are delivered in partnership with the local authority, ensuring that there is full commitment to delivering community access to the school estate from the outset. Community Sport Hubs provide a home for sport. They bring together sport clubs and community organisations who want to develop and grow the sporting offering in the community. They focus on sustainable, community-led approaches that get clubs working together to develop a welcoming, safe, and fun environments for sport.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-04407 by reference.