Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 35
35
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 97
Skills policies will best support the shipbuilding industry if the UK and Scottish Governments’ approaches...
Conclusion
Skills policies will best support the shipbuilding industry if the UK and Scottish Governments’ approaches complement each other. For this to happen, education policymakers in Scotland will need to be able to receive clear signals about the skills needs of the defence sector, and will need routes for working together with the UK Government and other devolved administrations to respond to those needs.
Government Response Summary
The UKSST, NSO and DfE welcome the signal from the Committee to work collaboratively to meet the skills needs of the sector through the existing education system. The NSO has committed to providing transparency on future orders and a stable baseline of work through the 30 Year Cross-Government Shipbuilding Pipeline.
Paragraph Reference:
97
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
35 & 36: The UKSST, NSO and DfE welcome this signal from the Committee to work collaboratively to meet the skills needs of the sector through the existing education system. The UKSST recognises skills is a devolved issue and is committed to ensuring its recommendations work for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As noted above, that approach is reflected in its membership and the UKSST has worked closely with the Devolved Administrations from its inception to take account of regional differences in the needs and provision of skills for shipbuilding. defence sector in Scotland, the NSO has committed to providing transparency on future orders and a stable baseline of work through the 30 Year Cross-Government Shipbuilding Pipeline. This pipeline provides a clear demand signal to industry about the needs of the defence shipbuilding sector going forward.