- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 3 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives other than the central heating engineering conversion programme are being undertaken to support redundant workers at Clyde shipyards.
Answer
Redundant employees can retrain using the Training for Work Programme, which provides short or long-term training for up to one year. Under the programme 28 redundant BAE workers are being funded to undertake short-term training as fork lift truck drivers, bus drivers, crane drivers, welders and scaffolding erectors.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it has allocated to the Clyde Shipyard Task Force in light of the announcement by BAE Systems that it will make 265 Clyde shipyard workers redundant.
Answer
The Redundancy Management sub-group of the Clyde Shipyards Task Force is ready to go into action again as soon as necessary. The organisations represented on the redundancy sub-group, particularly JobCentre Plus, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Glasgow City Council, already have access to a considerable amount of training and retraining funds and a range of training programmes will be made available as appropriate to any workers made redundant by BAE Systems.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when funding began for the Clyde shipyard skills conversion programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33335 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to retain and develop the skills of Clyde shipyard workers in light of the announcement by BAE Systems that it will make 265 Clyde shipyard workers redundant.
Answer
The company will be consulting with the unions over the next few weeks and I hope that compulsory redundancies can be kept to a minimum. The Clyde Shipyards Task Force Redundancy Management sub-group will be meeting shortly to provide support as necessary, to those affected through a dedicated local response team under the Executive's PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) framework. This will ensure a rapid response from local agencies in terms of offering advice, support and guidance in terms of retraining/upskilling and employment opportunities.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to retain and develop the skills of Clyde shipyard workers.
Answer
The Clyde Shipyards Task Force Redundancy Management sub-group will be meeting shortly to provide support as necessary to those affected through a dedicated local response team under the Executive's PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) framework. This will ensure a rapid response from local agencies in terms of offering advice, support and guidance in terms of retraining/upskilling and employment opportunities.To retain and develop skills further, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, in partnership with BAE SYSTEMS, established a Real Learning Centre at Scotstoun in December 2002. A similar facility is being established in Govan and will be in place during February 2003. The centres allow staff to take up online learning opportunities and if they wish, work towards qualifications.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the duration is of the Clyde shipyard skills conversion programme.
Answer
The Clyde Shipyards skills conversion programme is on-going with a continuing commitment to identify skill gaps and develop needs for the future. To date, 45 employees have been involved in the cross skilling programmes. The programme began in early 2002 and is funded by BAE SYSTEMS.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been allocated to support the Clyde shipyard skills conversion programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33335 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many places are currently available to Clyde shipyard workers on the skills conversion programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33335 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when Clyde shipyard engineers were first invited to take up places on skills conversion courses to fill any shortage of central heating engineers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33332 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 31 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will quantify any shortage of central heating engineers.
Answer
Industry estimates are that Scotland will require to train around 2,600 central heating installers by December 2004 to ensure that supply matches demand.
