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Publication - Progress report

Independent Commission for Land-Based Learning - review and implementation plan: SG response - progress report

Published
17 June 2025
From
Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, +1 more … Minister for Higher and Further Education
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, +5 more … Children and Families Directorate, Education Reform Directorate, Environment and Forestry Directorate, Lifelong Learning and Skills Directorate, Marine Directorate
Topic
Economy, Education, Environment and climate change, +5 more … Equality and rights, Farming and rural, Marine and fisheries, Programme for Government, Work and skills
ISBN
9781836917090

Progress of the actions in response to all the recommendations from the Review of Land-Based Learning in the 12 months since the Scottish Government response report was published.

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Recommendation 11:

Amend the annual compulsory Agriculture Census to include specific Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) questions, which can be used by Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and others to inform the Sector’s skills needs more accurately.

Output

Scottish Government Agriculture census will be amended to include specific LMI questions to inform the sector’s skills needs.

Implementing Actions

Once the Agriculture Census Survey is completed and results published in October, new questions can be considered for 2025.

Progress Update

The new Agricultural Household Survey, due to be launched in summer 2025, will include some questions relating to skills and aims to capture this data. Therefore it was decided not to include LMI questions in the 2025 modular part of the June Agricultural Census. However each year there will be an opportunity to consider new questions in the modular section so there may be scope to do this in future years.

Timescales

2024 – 2025 - in progress.

Milestones

New LMI questions considered for the Scottish Government Agriculture census; agreed questions added to 2025 census 2024-25. Expected to be met but via the Agricultural Household survey

Recommendation 11.1:

Identify opportunities to add LMI questions to other Sector surveys sent out by the Scottish Government or related agencies.

Output

The Scottish Government will seek opportunities to add LMI questions to other relevant sector surveys.

Implementing Actions

We will engage with survey managers across Scottish Government to assess where there are opportunities to add LMI questions to surveys in alignment with those added to the Agricultural Census.

Progress Update

As mentioned above, work is currently ongoing to develop a stand-alone Agricultural Household Survey and is aiming to capture some of this data instead. We will continue to engage with survey managers to consider other surveys in this space.

Timescales

October 2024 to March 2025 - in progress.

Milestones

New LMI questions considered for relevant sector surveys - in progress.

Contact

Email: ruralpolicymailbox@gov.scot

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