Employment support

Steps the Scottish Government will take to develop an employability system which is flexible, joined-up and responsive.

Social Security Scotland will learn from Scotland-India partnership

Fifth publication in a series about the devolved Scottish employability services provides statistics for the first six months of Fair Start Scotland, which launched in April 2018, and the first 18 months of Work First Scotland and Work Able Scotland, which both launched in April 2017.

An Experimental Statistics Publication for Scotland.

External evaluation to examine the early operations of four of the most established Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) regional groups. The study was carried out between December 2017 and April 2018.

Equality impact assessment for the Smarter Workplaces programme in the Scottish Government.

This full plan provides clarity around strategic direction to enterprise and skills agencies and a blueprint to Government to turn up the dial on productivity and drive inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

The EQIA summarises how decision makers balanced the aim of the STEM bursaries against the potential adverse impacts of the policy on groups with protected characteristics.

How programme design impacted the quality of delivery and customers’ experience of Work First and Work Able Scotland services in the first 6 months after launch.

An outline plan for the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board which is a precursor to the full plan to be published later in 2018.

£632,000 investment to integrate employability and health support.

Work First Scotland and Work Able Scotland, 2017/18.

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland 

£33m investment by Aggreko in research and development.

Details of the eligibility criteria for the STEM teacher education bursary.

Economic expansion at centre of spending plans.

Investing in the NHS, protecting low earners, backing Scotland’s economy.

Work First Scotland and Work Able Scotland, 2017, Quarters 1 and 2