The Executive's plans are set out in the Action Plan for the Social Services Workforce, which was published on 18 April 2002.Since then significant progress has been made towards introducing the new honours degree course by 2004. We have set up two project groups whose membership is drawn from the Scottish Social Services Council, institutes of higher education, employers, the independent sector, user interests and professional associations to consider the structure and viability of the new degree and the role of practice learning.