- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not regularly adhered to the agreement under the New Deal for Business to publish monthly, the Scottish economic bulletin.
Answer
The Scottish Government publishes monthly reports on the Scottish economy at:
Economic briefs and bulletins - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
A report was not published in June 2024 due to the pre-election period for the UK General Election.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of foreign direct investment in Scotland came via a UK-based parent company in each of the last five years.
Answer
The primary source for measuring Scotland’s inward investment performance is through Scottish Development International’s (SDI) annual inward investment results on behalf of the Enterprise Agencies.
SDI’s annual inward investment results show that the proportion of projects from companies headquartered in the Rest of the UK (excluding Scotland) over the past five years is as follows:
2018-19: 31%
2019-20: 40%
2020-21: 31%
2021-22: 33%
2022-23: 28%
SDI results form part of a suite of indicators used to measure Scotland’s inward investment performance. The latest EY Annual Attractiveness Survey (2024), which excludes intra-UK investment, shows Scotland’s strong track record of attracting inward investment continuing, featuring as the top performing part of the UK outside of London for the ninth year.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what average number of jobs has been created via foreign direct investment projects in Scotland in each of the last five years.
Answer
The primary source for measuring Scotland’s inward investment performance is through Scottish Development International’s (SDI) annual inward investment results on behalf of the Enterprise Agencies.
SDI tracks the number of planned and safeguarded jobs associated with supported inward investment projects (Foreign Direct Investment and inward investment from the Rest of the UK).
The average number of planned and / or safeguarded jobs recorded per inward investment project (Foreign Direct Investment and inward investment from the Rest of the UK) in each of the last five years was as follows:
2018-19: 93
2019-20: 53
2020-21: 58
2021-22: 68
2022-23: 99
SDI results form part of a suite of indicators used to measure Scotland’s inward investment performance. The latest EY Annual Attractiveness Survey (2024), which excludes intra-UK investment, shows Scotland’s strong track record of attracting inward investment continuing, featuring as the top performing part of the UK outside of London for the ninth year.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
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Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many of the 8,500 jobs created in Scotland through inward investment in the 2022-23 financial year were connected to UK projects.
Answer
Responsibility for measuring Scotland’s annual inward investment performance rests with Scottish Development International (SDI) on behalf of the Enterprise Agencies. SDI reports for the financial year 2022-23, of the 8,533 jobs generated in Scotland, 2,629 were created or secured through supported inward investment projects with UK headquartered businesses across 23 supported inward investment projects.
SDI results form part of a suite of indicators used to measure Scotland’s inward investment performance. According to the latest EY Annual Attractiveness Survey (2023), Scotland’s strong track record of attracting inward investment continues, with Scotland maintaining its position as the top performing part of the UK outside of London for the eighth year.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 4 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund will reopen for applications, and what its budget allocation is for 2024.
Answer
We are currently delivering Calls 1, 2 and 3 of the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. A decision on potential future funding rounds will be taken once the 2025-26 budget allocation is confirmed. £8.8 million is allocated in 2024-25.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27019 by Gillian Martin on 3 May 2024, when a decision on No One Left Behind funding for the remaining three quarters will be made.
Answer
The Scottish Government fully appreciates the hard work and dedication of partners in Scotland around delivering employability services which support a reduction in child poverty levels and support those facing structural barriers to enter into and sustain employment. Discussions are continuing to finalise allocations, with funding being released as decisions are taken to ensure activities in agreed areas can proceed as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a multi-year funding settlement for No One Left Behind.
Answer
The Scottish Government recognises that certainty of funding is critical to allow Local Employability Partnerships to plan provision effectively and to provide security for the people accessing services through No One Left Behind. That is why the Scottish Budget 2024-25 sets out our commitment to explore future multi-year funding for employability. We will be working to determine the detail underpinning this commitment in the coming months.
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17778 by Graeme Dey on 23 May 2023, whether it will provide updated information on how many (a) modern, (b) foundation and (c) graduate apprenticeship learning providers there have been since 2019-20, based on the latest information available.
Answer
The number of Apprenticeship providers by year are as follows:
Year | Modern Apprenticeship Providers | Foundation Apprenticeship Providers | Graduate Apprenticeship Providers |
2019-20 | 256 | 39 | 15 |
2020-21 | 255 | 39 | 14 |
2021-22 | 243 | 40 | 12 |
2022-23 | 228 | 39 | 12 |
2023-24 | 205 | 44 | 11 |
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 20 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual (a) employers and (b) learners used the Flexible Workforce Development Fund in each year since its inception in 2017-18.
Answer
Based on data provided by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) (academic years 2017-2023) and Skills Development Scotland (2020-2023), the number of employers supported in each year since the start of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF) is set out below. Please note that the SFC element of the 2022-23 figure is based on interim data which will be finalised in the coming months.
Employers supported by FWDF | |
Academic year | Total |
2017-18 | 687 |
2018-19 | 750 |
2019-20 | 741 |
2020-21 | 1,753 |
2021-22 | 2,051 |
2022-23 | 1,642 |
Based on data provided by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) (2017-2022) and Skills Development Scotland (2020-2022), the number of individuals supported in each year since the start of the FWDF is set out below. Please note that SFC learner figures for 2022-23 are not yet available and will be finalised in the coming months so no figure has been provided for this academic year. The figures on individuals may vary from the published evaluation figures as it is a record of individuals, not enrolments. Some individuals will have enrolled more than once in an academic year.
Individuals on FWDF courses at Scottish colleges by academic year | |
Academic year | Total |
2017-18 | 7,865 |
2018-19 | 19,285 |
2019-20 | 19,540 |
2020-21 | 22,137 |
2021-22 | 29,539 |
