Question reference: S4W-28319
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 November 2015
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 November 2015
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many training courses focused on e-commerce there are in Scotland.
Answer
The cross-disciplinary nature of e-commerce means that the many courses in computing, business, marketing and web design will contribute to the skills pool supporting e-commerce. However, the granularity of available data does not allow for the relevance of specific programmes contributing to e-commerce to be confirmed with any certainty. It is also not typical for e-commerce to be demanded by businesses, or supplied by educational institutions, as a standalone discipline. The number of privately run training courses is unknown at this time.