Written Question · S3W-27206 · Session 3
How many employers in the Kilmarnock travel-to-work area have registered for participation in the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many employers in the Kilmarnock travel-to-work area have registered for participation in the Scottish Government’s Adopt an Apprentice scheme; whether it is taking steps to increase this number, and, if so, what steps.
The answer
Seven employers in the three Ayrshire local authority areas have registered through the Adopt an Apprentice scheme. Across the scheme the majority of employers are in the construction sector and hundreds of redundant apprentices have now been placed with new employers.
Local Authority
| No. of Employers
East Ayrshire
| 4
North Ayrshire
| 1
South Ayrshire
| 2
Total
| 7
Since the launch of Adopt an Apprentice scheme on 10 June 2009 information about the scheme has been made available through a number of newspaper articles at both national and local level. Information is also available on websites such as Skills Development Scotland http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/redundancy and the Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/scotaction.
The Scottish Government continues to work with key partners to build on their communications mechanisms to promote the Adopt an Apprentice scheme to employers. We are working closely with sector skills councils, in particular ConstructionSkills, to promote this new scheme to employers and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce and the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils will shortly be circulating details of the Adopt an Apprentice scheme to their employers.
Local Authority
| No. of Employers
East Ayrshire
| 4
North Ayrshire
| 1
South Ayrshire
| 2
Total
| 7
Since the launch of Adopt an Apprentice scheme on 10 June 2009 information about the scheme has been made available through a number of newspaper articles at both national and local level. Information is also available on websites such as Skills Development Scotland http://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/redundancy and the Scottish Government http://www.scotland.gov.uk/scotaction.
The Scottish Government continues to work with key partners to build on their communications mechanisms to promote the Adopt an Apprentice scheme to employers. We are working closely with sector skills councils, in particular ConstructionSkills, to promote this new scheme to employers and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce and the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils will shortly be circulating details of the Adopt an Apprentice scheme to their employers.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-27206 by reference.