Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the Young Person's Guarantee is successfully encouraging young people into further opportunities.
The Scottish Government launched the Young Person’s Guarantee in November 2020, with the aim of protecting young people against the immediate economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guarantee was set up to ensure every young person between 16 and 24 had the opportunity of a job, apprenticeship, further or higher education, training or volunteering. Between November 2020 and March 2023 we invested over £175m in additional support from Covid-related funding to support young people in Scotland towards employment, training and apprenticeships.
We have now mainstreamed this work across Government, with activity across education, skills and employability supporting young people into opportunities.