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We are committed to quickly learning from this year’s awards process. Professor Mark Priestley is leading an independent review of the approach to awarding in 2020. Areas being considered by Professor Priestley include teachers’ estimates and he will make recommendations to the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority is responsible for undertaking an Equality Impact Assessment and Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment for its approach to awarding in 2020 and both reports were published in full as planned, on 4 August.

We plan to publish the school leaver attainment statistics for 2019-2020 in February 2021.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) was commissioned to develop and deliver an alternative approach to awarding in 2020, and as such their approach to moderation was an operational decision for SQA to make.

The annual remuneration of the SQA Chair and individual Board members are detailed within the latest SQA Annual Report and Accounts, available here .

Policy details on the remuneration and annual uplifts for all public bodies Chairs and Board Members are provided on the Scottish Government’s Public Bodies web page

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30732 on 6 August 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at

Public Health Scotland recently published an impact assessment that examined the reasons why particular groups are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. We know that stubborn health inequalities persist and more deprived communities have a higher likelihood of suffering from conditions that heighten the risk from COVID-19.

A further detailed report on an investigation into the risk factors associated with poorer outcomes among individuals hospitalised with COVID19 in Scotland is currently being reviewed by a scientific journal and is likely to be published in the coming weeks; deprivation is one of the factors examined.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-29910 on 31 July 2020. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: .

Scottish Ministers have had, and continue to have, regular discussions both jointly and bilaterally with the UK Government and the governments of Wales and Northern Ireland with regard to the future of the aerospace sector in both Scotland and the wider UK.

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture, most recently discussed the sector with Nadhim Zahawi MP, UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry on 17 July 2020.

Scottish ministers also wrote jointly with ministers from Wales and Northern Ireland to the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 9 July 2020.

Most recently, the Minister for Public Finance and Migration raised the issues facing the aerospace sector with the UK Government on 29 July and we will continue to take every opportunity to engage with the UK Government and the Governments of Northern Ireland and Wales on the future of the aerospace sector.