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Recommendation 36
36
Acknowledged
The UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce should have a specific objective to encourage coordination between different...
Recommendation
The UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce should have a specific objective to encourage coordination between different jurisdictions in the UK, so that a common effort can be made towards supporting shipbuilding in Scotland and other parts of the UK. (Paragraph 98) 8 Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding Introduction Shipbuilding in Scotland
Government Response Summary
The UKSST, NSO and DfE welcome the signal to work collaboratively to meet skills needs, recognizing skills is a devolved issue. The UKSST is committed to ensuring its recommendations work for all UK nations and has worked with Devolved Administrations.
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.