Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 03 February 2016
03 Feb 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Employment Skills and Training (Ayrshire)
Fair Work, Skills and Training
Redundancy triggers support through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, partnership action for continuing employment, which is more commonly known as PACE. Skills Development Scotland leads on the delivery of PACE support on the Scottish Government’s behalf in conjunction with a number of key partners, including the Department for Work and Pensions. Through providing skills development and employability support, PACE aims to minimise the time for which individuals who have been affected by redundancy are out of work.
PACE support is tailored to meet individual needs and local circumstances. In Ayrshire, from April 2015 until December 2015, PACE support was provided to 552 individuals from 13 companies.
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7. Margaret McDougall (West Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government what skills and other training it provides to people in Ayrshire who have been made redundant. (S4O-05520)
The Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training (Roseanna Cunningham)
SNP
Redundancy triggers support through our initiative for responding to redundancy situations, partnership action for continuing employment, which is more commo...
Margaret McDougall
Lab
The minister will be aware that, in recent months, there have been announcements of job losses that roll into the hundreds across Ayrshire. Around 60 job los...
Roseanna Cunningham
SNP
We work hard to use a number of ways to protect the Scottish economy as well as local labour markets. Work will be done by Skills Development Scotland throug...
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
SNP
Does the cabinet secretary agree that the Ayrshire growth deal will do a lot to help to create jobs in North Ayrshire and put a lot of the redundant workers ...
Roseanna Cunningham
SNP
I know that there is a great deal of co-operation between the three councils and that is to be commended. They are delivering and developing a good employabi...