Recommendation 97

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