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We recognise the importance of young talent in growing the screen sector and a range of our agencies contribute to promoting careers in film. In addition to the qualifications relating to media offered by SQA, Skills Development Scotland has launched a Foundation Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media. Creative Scotland supports work-based training on productions such as Outlander -currently open for applications - and on programmes such as Screen Nets and the PACT Indie Diversity training scheme. Screen Scotland has launched a £300,000 Film Education Partnerships Fund and will develop an action plan on Film Education, working with Skills Development Scotland to promote career pathways.

There is no current intention to publish the reviews.

The current Social Security Programme Senior Responsible Owner, who was also Senior Responsible Owner for each review, was approached prior to the Cabinet Secretary publishing the response.

The reviews are confidential to the Senior Responsible Owner and have been shared with select internal colleagues.

The November 2017 review was shared with the Social Security Programme Board.

Each review has been lodged with the Programme and Project Management Centre of Expertise (PPM-CoE) and copied to the relevant Accountable Officer.

Make the Call is an established service aimed at benefit take-up. It is not comparable to the Financial Health Check Service which goes further by offering free personalised advice for people to help them reduce household outgoings by tackling the poverty premium where they may be paying more than they need to for basic goods and services.

Citizens Advice Scotland will calculate the financial gain as the amount of any lump sum or the sum of any payments into the household, or reductions in payments out of the household, up to a maximum of 12 months.

It is not standard Scottish Government policy practice to publish grant funding applications and grant offer letters given that information contained in these documents may be commercially sensitive.

Official statistics, covering the first months of applications for the Best Start Grant, will be published in April 2019. More detailed analysis will be published in a quarterly publication series starting from August 2019. In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, care will be taken to ensure that these publications are produced to a level of quality that meets users’ needs. Published data will be subject to disclosure control methods to protect the confidentiality of the data. There will be scope to analyse redeterminations made, processed and the outcomes, if we are satisfied with the quality of the data and can safeguard the confidentiality of individuals.

This information was provided by Citizens Advice Scotland. Performance information on the Financial Health Check Service will be submitted to the Scottish Government on a quarterly basis. We have not yet received the first performance report.