Chamber and committees

Scottish Government Modern Apprenticeships are targeted at applicants aged between 16 and 24 years old.

During 2017-18, it is our intention to change the recruitment process for our Modern Apprenticeships to be in line with Civil Service Commissioners recruitment principles. This will mean an end to age related criteria for our Modern Apprenticeship programme.

2007-08

Nil

2008-09

Mitigating transport’s climate change impacts In Scotland (Atkins)

Smarter Choices, Smarter Places monitoring and evaluation (3 years) (DHC and University of Aberdeen)

2009-10

Nil

2010-11

Nil

2011-12

Park and Ride (ARUP)

Hands Up Scotland (Sustrans)

2012-13

Hands Up Scotland (Sustrans)

Research on Mobile and Flexible Workings (MVA)

2013-14

Energy Saving Trust - Scottish Transport Evaluation

Hands Up Scotland (Sustrans)

2014-15

Energy Saving Trust - Scottish Transport Evaluation

Car Clubs (Scottish Report)

Hands Up Scotland (Sustrans)

2015-16

Car Clubs (Scottish Report)

Energy Saving Trust - Scottish Transport Evaluation

Hands Up Scotland Survey (Systra)

2016-17

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential in the Scottish Transport Sector From Recent advances in Transport, Fuels and Fuel Technologies (Element Energy)

Review of Active Travel Policy Implementation (JMP)

Car Clubs (Scottish Report)

Energy Saving Trust - Scottish Transport Evaluation

RPP3: Additional technical analysis (Element Energy)

Monitoring of Switched On To EVs (Energy Savings Trust)

Powers over nuclear safety are reserved to the UK Government. The responsibility for the transportation of defence nuclear material lies with the Ministry of Defence.

Police Scotland is always notified in advance of a convoy being routed through their area. The police can then advise of any local traffic problems. Police Scotland may advise the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of the presence of the convoy.

According to section 35(1) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007, it is a criminal offence for an employer to offer regulated work with children and / or protected adults to an individual who they know to be barred from engaging in the relevant type of regulated work. The barred individual would commit an offence by seeking or doing regulated work even if the employer did not know they were barred.

According to regulations made under section 35(2) of the 2007 Act, it is an offence for an organisation to fail to remove an individual from regulated work upon being advised by Scottish Ministers that the individual is barred from that type of regulated work.

An employer can determine whether an employee is barred or not by asking them to join the PVG Scheme, or by receiving notification from Disclosure Scotland under section 30 of the 2007 Act that the employee has been barred. Membership of the PVG Scheme is non-mandatory and making use of it is a matter for employers. During PVG Scheme membership, presently for life, Disclosure Scotland actively monitors the record of the individual to check that information has not been added that means it may be appropriate to bar the individual from doing regulated work.

The Unacceptable Actions Policy offers members of the public and Scottish Government staff guidance, support and clarity on expectations of acceptable behaviour. All restricted contact is supported by senior management and is recorded locally related to the correspondence matter and retained for a period in line with business requirements. The Scottish Government Unacceptable Actions Policy is in line with current guidance made available by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, however as previously advised a review is currently in progress as part of a process of continuous improvement.

The retention period of recorded information is determined by each Scottish Government business area within their respective data retention schedule and in line with the Scottish Government Records Management Plan

We cannot pre-judge the outcome of the review. We will ensure that harbour facilities are made available to allow us to meet our number one priority to continue to deliver efficient, safe and reliable ferry services to our island and remote rural communities.

HIAL receives both revenue and capital subsidy from the Scottish Government. In 2013-14 HIAL’s revenue subsidy was lower than trend as a proportion of the operating cost deficit was met from the use of cash reserves that HIAL had built up over a number of years. In 2014-15 the revenue subsidy reverted to trend. There was a significant increase in HIAL’s capital subsidy between 2013-14 and 2014-15. This primarily related to repairing the runway at Sumburgh Airport.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) will play a key role in the delivery of the Scottish Government's commitment to meeting the skills needs of employers with the expansion of the Modern Apprenticeship programme as we move towards delivering 30,000 Modern Apprenticeships by 2020.

SDS actively works with partners on a sectoral basis through Industry Leadership Groups to tailor its services to the needs of sectors, and on a regional basis with partners to ensure that employment and skills opportunities which drive economic growth are addressed in an effective and efficient way.

MAs are a joint investment between employers and public funding. The Modern Apprenticeship contribution rates table (https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/media/41756/ma-contribution-tables-2016-17-dec-2016.pdf) sets out the public funding contribution towards the cost of training a Modern Apprentice. Employers invest through wage costs and on-going support costs, including any additional costs of training over and above the public funding contribution.