Question reference: S5W-34634
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 18 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 29 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been able to access training each year as a result of support from the Digital Growth Fund.
Answer
The Digital Development Loan is demand led and allows individual businesses to determine where best to focus their investment. In the Phase 1 pilot, 21 businesses applied for a loan which resulted in digital skills training for 83 of their staff. In the current Phase 2 delivery the number of their employees who have improved their digital skills as a result of their employer’s decision will form part of the project’s appraisal.
The Digital Growth Fund is one of many policy initiatives aimed at supporting people and businesses to improve their digital capability. In addition to the free provision of further and higher education courses focussed on digital, we have also delivered programmes such as the Digital Start Fund, the National Training Transition Fund, DigitalBoost and the Youth Guarantee, all of which support the development of digital skills.