Question reference: S6W-03511
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 October 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 October 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund was allocated to each sector in 2020-21.
Answer
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) administer the Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF) on behalf of the Scottish Government. They do not allocate funds to different sectors, as the Fund works on a first come first served basis.
Recognising the significant delivery challenges in the last year due to Covid-19 restrictions, it has been agreed with SFC and SDS to extend academic year 2020-21 delivery to the end of March 2022. Information on employer sector is provided by employers themselves to colleges, the Open University in Scotland (OUiS) and SDS during the application process. To date, the estimated FWDF spend per sector in 2020-21, as reported by SFC and SDS, has been the following:
Total FWDF used | |
Employer Sector | |
Aerospace, defence & marine | £193,360.00 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | £25,940.34 |
Business services (including business process outsourcing) | £856,899.82 |
Care sector | £804,274.96 |
Chemical sciences | £98,651 |
Construction | £1,238,161.07 |
Creative industries (including digital) | £117,206.00 |
Education | £597,217.00 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | £13,773.00 |
Energy (including renewables) | £265,915.95 |
Financial services | £100,100.00 |
Food & drink (including agriculture & fisheries) | £841,336.26 |
Healthcare | £314,704.84 |
Hospitality | £532,711.72 |
Housing | £165,096 |
Information and Communication | £15,000 |
Life sciences | £169,796.00 |
Manufacturing | £1,129,915.05 |
Non-profit making body | £4,151.00 |
Oil & gas | £706,782.25 |
Other service activities | £29,151.80 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | £27,500.00 |
Public sector | £716,110.84 |
Retail | £294,630.75 |
Sport & leisure | £206,302.00 |
Sustainable tourism | £68,985.00 |
Technology & engineering | £708,253.50 |
Textiles | £17,442.00 |
Third sector | £419,914.80 |
Transport | £483,604.34 |
Data Not Available | £2,082,248.16 |
Grand Total | £13,245,135.48 |
The above figures are provisional. Final figures on spend per sector in 2020-21 can be provided once delivery is completed at the end of March 2022.