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14 April 2022
20220324_CabSecSSJLG_second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan
To support this, we are providing the the Fair Work in Social Care Group as part of funding to enable all private and third sector our commitment to improving the terms and providers delivering funded ELC to pay at least conditions of the adult social care workforce. the real Living Wage to all childcare workers These include recommendations for minimum delivering the funded entitlement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 June 2025
S6W-37866
We recognise how vital early learning and childcare is in all parts of Scotland, both in relation to giving children the best start in life and supporting families to work.We are working with local government and our partners in the sector to develop long-term workforce plans that address workforce issues and ensure sustainable delivery of the 1140 funded entitlement.At a national level, several work programmes are underway to support childcare provision in rural areas and areas of disadvantage including:funding the national childminder recruitment and retention programme;making grants available to local authorities via the Addressing Depopulation Action Plan Fund, two of which will contain a focus on addressing childcare issues in areas affected by acute population decline;continuing our investment of £16 million over two years into our early adopter communities;providing funding to local authorities to enable payment of the real Living Wage to childcare workers in private and voluntary services providing funded ELC; andcontinuing to provide funding to local authorities to enable additional teachers or degree-qualified childcare professionals to work in ELC settings in the most disadvantaged areas.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2021
Social Justice and Social Security Committee 09 December 2021
If it is to be able to cope with headwinds like the pandemic, multiyear funding and flexibility in the approach to funding are vital.
Last updated:
18 April 2024
Conveners Group Official Report 27 March 2024
Not many, if any, will even be able to fund from the public purse alone the decarbonisation of heat in buildings.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 June 2018
Local Government and Communities Committee 20 June 2018
At the moment, we need both, for funding and other reasons. Given that we have both types of provision, my view is that the workforce planning has to encompass both—we talk about public service workforce planning, not public sector workforce planning.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 September 2021
Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee 01 September 2021
Such targeted funding—with clear outcomes—that is developed in partnership with industry can have a very big impact.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 March 2025
Exploring Employability Funding Allocation in Scotland - Glossary of Terms
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Employability Fund : A previous funding stream that supported skills development and job placement services, now largely replaced by No One Left Behind (NOLB).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 March 2023
College regionalisation inquiry - Introduction
As part of its work, the Committee took written and oral evidence from a variety of organisations and individuals including—
Audit Scotland;
Borders College;
College Employers Scotland;
Colleges Scotland;
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB);
Audrey Cumberford, Commissioner, Commission on the College of the Future;
Senior representatives from Developing the Young Workforce (DYW);
EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland)-FELA (Further Education Lecturers Association);
Glasgow City College;
Glasgow Clyde College;
Glasgow Kelvin College;
Kirsten Herbst-Gray;
Lantra;
National Down Syndrome Policy Group;
National Federation of Roofing Contractors;
NUS Scotland;
The Open University in Scotland;
Perth College UHI;
Royal Society of Edinburgh;
Nora Senior, former Chair of the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board
Professor Sir Peter Scott, the then Commissioner for Fair Access
Scottish Funding Council;
Student Partnership in Quality Scotland (sparqs)
UNISON;
University of the Highlands and Islands;
Student representatives, College Student Association officers and staff from Dundee and Angus College Students' Association, Edinburgh College Student Association, Fife College, Highland and Islands Student Association, New College Lanarkshire Students' Association, North East Scotland College Students' Association and West Lothian College Student Association; and
Members of the Senior Management Teams from Ayrshire College, Dumfries and Galloway College, Fife College, Glasgow Kelvin College, New College Lanarkshire, North East Scotland College and Outer Hebrides College UHI.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
3 March 2025
Scotland's care system for children and young people: subject profile 2025 update - Implementing The Promise
People: Focus on the recruitment and retention crisis in the children's care system workforce.
Scaffolding: Focus on ensuring funding is clearly aligned to need and impact.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 January 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 26 January 2023
On 2 November, in partnership with industry and Skills Development Scotland, we held an offshore energy skills summit with key stakeholders, which focused on delivering a just transition for the offshore energy workforce.
