Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 20 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the response of the Scottish Funding Council Apprenticeship Committee is to the recommendations of the Commission on Race in Apprenticeships, including how it will implement these.
The Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill made provision for the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to establish an apprenticeship committee. The transfer of apprenticeship responsibilities to the Scottish Funding Council is planned to be in place by 1 April 2027, the apprenticeship committee will also be established by this date.
Work is already underway across the apprenticeship system to consider the Commission's findings and to integrate its recommendations into ongoing improvement activity.