Question follow-through · 95169
Further Education: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Scottish Government's real terms reduction in College Funding since 2021 to the delivery of the industrial strategy in Scotland.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Scottish Government's real terms reduction in College Funding since 2021 to the delivery of the industrial strategy in Scotland.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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3 Dec 2025
Answer published
Colleges have a critical role in ensuring the young people of Scotland can access secure, skilled jobs, and in fostering innovation, developing a skilled workforce, and driving economic growth. This is why we have committed to hundreds of millions of addi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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