Campaign groups had noted that the budget for training providers delivering apprenticeship programs has been frozen, with this being taken as a real-terms cut given the increase in inflation rates.
Such has been the impact of this freeze that campaigners, including the Scottish Training Federation, say many training providers will have to make redundancies or close their businesses, without intervention by the government.
This would then lead to many young people not completing apprenticeships on schedule, which could in turn harm Scotland’s economic recovery as opportunities for young people are reduced.
In response, parliament called on the government to come forward with funding to ensure that a further 2,000 apprenticeships are funded in the next six months to meet what it understands is “significant employer demand”.
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