Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Skills Strategy for Scotland will be published.
I am pleased to announcethat the Skills Strategy for Scotland is being published today. A key principleof our strategy is developing coherent and cohesive structures for skills developmentand delivery. As an initial step we are merging learndirect scotland with Careers Scotland to form the nucleus of a body focusedon skills. Skills for Scotland will be available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 43481).