Question reference: S6W-11041
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 September 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that ScotRail's commitment to increase the number of apprenticeships tenfold from the 22 positions in March 2021 by 2025 will be honoured.
Answer
While recruitment is rightly an operational matter for ScotRail to manage, the Scottish Government is supportive of the ambitious target to increase apprenticeships.
ScotRail Trains Ltd. has confirmed that it is still aiming to have recruited 220 apprentices by 2025.
To help achieve this target, ScotRail is working to embed an ‘apprenticeship first’ approach to recruiting for a number of roles in its organisation, and is undertaking productive discussions with the rail trades unions on this.