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Recently, it has become involved in the flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund, which I have responsibility for and which has now been opened up to small and medium-sized enterprises, and it is leading on that work.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much of its FlexibleWorkforceDevelopmentFund has been accessed each year by private sector organisations that contribute to the UK Apprenticeship Levy.
That is the reason why there is the National Association of Link Workers, and it is why we are working with bodies that are concerned with education and workforcedevelopment, so that we have a workforce strategy.
We have also published early-stage proposals to develop a stock exchange equivalent for flexibility that would help realise the full value of flexibility to the system. 13.
Since the Government came to office, we have provided around £45 million in funding to defence companies. That support has helped to drive the very innovation that he is talking about, and many of those companies are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technologies.
At its meeting on 21 May 2024, Neil Gray MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, told the Committee that the Centre had been leading on the development of the rural and island workforce recruitment strategy - which he saw as being critical to address workforce c...
The Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) have defined Fair 2 Funding as a long-term, flexible, sustainable, and accessible approach to funding.
We also have the future skills action plan, which we are working towards. Skills Development Scotland is funded to deliver the core services that it provides.