Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 5 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what workforce assessment it has carried out of hairdressing businesses, and what its position is regarding whether there will be sufficient fully-qualified hairdressers to meet future demand.
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) carries out workforce assessments for key sectors across Scotland. These assessments are available on the SDS website here: Sectoral Skills Assessments - Skills Development Scotland.
As such, the Scottish Government does not hold this information.
Alongside the assessments from SDS, the Scottish Government has committed in its recent Programme for Government to introducing a new Scottish Government-led approach to national skills planning, and strengthening regional skills planning, to ensure that post school provision becomes more responsive to Scotland’s strategic skills needs and priorities. This work is progressing and we will update parliament in due course.