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In the Committee's informal engagement events, many participants argued in favour of improved awareness of employment rights and a duty on employers to support their workforce and to address inequalities. The Committee heard that there can be a big difference between employment and good employment.
There is a range of support available, including city region deal projects and other projects that the Scottish Government supports and funds, for the development of the local economy.
One of the projects that the cabinet secretary mentioned is the Tay cities biomedical cluster project, which the Scottish Government is funding to the tune of £25 million, as part of the Tay cities region deal.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 January 2023
The establishment of the groups was a key recommendation in the Youth Employment Strategy - Developing the Young Workforce. The funding allocated to DYW Regional Groups allows the groups to support pupils in Scotland’s publicly funded ...
(S5O-03678) The Scottish Government launched the new £11.5 million per year investing in communities fund in 2019-20. The fund has been developed to support communities to design, develop and deliver solutions that address local priorit...
As previously notified to the Commission, this project is being funded for three years through a pension reduction in the budget, and thereafter ongoing licensing costs would be funded through the efficiencies arising from the project.