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Therefore, having a clear power conferred on Scottish Ministers to address this aspect of fair work through a Negotiating Body for Scotland would represent a significant development as regards the employment terms and conditions for this workforce.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2022
SOSE advised in discussions with Hinduja Global Solutions that organisations supported through grant funding would be committing to adopting Fair Work First in the delivery of projects which are funded by SOSE.
If any funding is not spent within the financial year it has been allocated, those funds may be reallocated to other local authority areas across Scotland.
The Education, Children and Young People Committee’s college regionalisation inquiry report that was published today makes reference to the lack of flexibility in funding, and asks for more flexibility in funding for our college sector....
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
An Initial Priorities document was published alongside this, which stated that the Scottish Government would lead the development of a new model of public funding for all forms of provision and investigate options to deliver a single funding body for the sector.
Any institution in that position is then faced with a multi-year problem, if no flexibility is afforded, as it has no option but to bring its funded numbers down, within range, by reducing the number of places available to new entrants only (as institutions’ funded numbers all...
Whether this investment is harnessed through the development of a bespoke fund, or by another means of the Scottish Government’s choosing, I would be very happy for the provisions of my Bill to be used as a model for such partnership funding to operate in practice.
She wants to develop and co-design a process and have flexiblefunding so that exact activities are not required at the point of application, as the detail comes out of the co-development process.