Question reference: S5O-00698
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 15 February 2017
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 February 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with businesses regarding the implementation of the apprenticeship levy from April 2017.
Answer
From the outset the Scottish Government has undertaken extensive engagement and consultation with employers to understand the impact that the UK Government's levy will have and how they would like Scottish Ministers to respond.
As part of this process we ran a consultation involving employers and other interested parties during the summer of 2016. In addition, the Minister for Employability and Training and officials have held discussions with employers, businesses, training providers and representative bodies.
Those discussions have involved: CITB, COSLA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Royal Society for Chemistry, FMB, Balfour Beattie, OPITO, Colleges Scotland, Scottish Gas Centrica, SecuriGroup and the CBI to name but a few.