Tertiary Education and Training Bill Financial Memorandum - Call for Views
Overview
About the Bill
The purpose of the Bill is to reform and simplify the framework for the funding of post-school education and skills training in Scotland. The Bill does so primarily by making provision for the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (the Council) to take full responsibility for securing the delivery of national training programmes (NTPs) and apprenticeships, a role previously carried out by Skills Development Scotland. The Council already funds the provision of further and higher education through arrangements established under the 2005 Act. The Bill also changes some of the Council’s governance rules.
Current Status of the Bill
This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 5 February 2025.
Stage 1
The Education, Children and Young People Committee has been designated as the lead Committee for the Bill. A separate call for views on the Bill’s policy provisions has been issued by the lead Committee and published on this consultation platform.
Read and answer the questions on the separate call for views
Financial Memorandum
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the Financial Memorandum published alongside this Bill
Making a Submission
Before making a submission, please read our Privacy Notice about submitting your views to a Committee. This tells you about how we process personal data.
Please note that in most cases your submission will be published on the Scottish Parliament's website and may be quoted in the Committee's report or in Committee meetings (which are public and broadcast).
Read the questions
- Did you take part in any consultation exercise preceding the Bill and, if so, did you comment on the financial assumptions made?
- If applicable, do you believe your comments on the financial assumptions have been accurately reflected in the FM?
- Did you have sufficient time to contribute to the consultation exercise?
- If the Bill has any financial implications for you or your organisation, do you believe that they have been accurately reflected in the FM? If not, please provide details.
- Do you consider that the estimated costs and savings set out in the FM are reasonable and accurate?
- If applicable, are you content that your organisation can meet any financial costs that it might incur as a result of the Bill? If not, how do you think these costs should be met?
- Does the FM accurately reflect the margins of uncertainty associated with the Bill’s estimated costs and with the timescales over which they would be expected to arise?
How to submit your views
Please submit your views using the online submission form, linked to below.
We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language. Due to the time required to process and analyse evidence, late submissions will only be accepted with the agreement of the Committee Clerk.
The call for views closes on Wednesday 16 April 2025.
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