Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 97
97
Acknowledged
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. 153 Q95 154 City of Glasgow College (DIS0035) 155 Q26 156 National Shipbuilding Office, National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, CP 605, 10 March 2022, p.66 157 HM Government, UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce membership confirmed, 24 May 2022 158 Q103 159 Department for Education, Terms of reference for the UK shipbuilding skills taskforce, August 2022 34 Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding
Government Response Summary
The UKSST, NSO and DfE welcome the signal to work collaboratively and state the UKSST is committed to ensuring its recommendations work for all UK nations, and the NSO will provide transparency on future orders via the 30 Year Cross-Government Shipbuilding Pipeline.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
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. In terms of setting out a clear signal against which to plan the skills requirements for the 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.