Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Kilburn)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the film production industry on the standards of recruitment within the film industry.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
There is regular discussion between the government and film industry at both Ministerial and official level on a range of topics, including on workforce and skills issues.
The Creative Industries Sector Vision sets out this Government’s ambitions, shared with industry, to support this high-growth sector up to 2030. The second chapter of the Sector Vision focuses on the creative workforce and includes our 2030 job quality objective: that all parts of the creative industries are recognised for offering high quality jobs, ensuring a resilient and productive workforce that reflects the whole of the UK. It is vital therefore that we ensure the right recruitment practices are in place to support the sector.
The Good Work Review, published in February 2023 by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, was co-funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and is the first sectoral deep dive of its kind into job quality and working practice in the creative industries. We have committed to, together with industry, set out an action plan to assess the recommendations of the review - including developing and reporting on recruitment practices.
To play their part in responding to the recommendations set out in the Good Work Review, the BFI has allocated £1,500,000 of National Lottery funds to a Good Work Programme for Screen. The programme aims to create a ‘one stop shop’ where businesses and individuals can access key resources, advice, support, and training to strengthen recruitment, management, and HR practices; build more inclusive workplaces; and aid workforce productivity.
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Asked by: Simpson, Graham (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation there has been of the CAVForth project, and how any lessons learned from any such evaluation will be cascaded across Scotland’s transport authorities.
Answered by Hyslop, Fiona - Minister for Transport
Transport Scotland's involvement in Project CAVForth demonstrates the Scottish Government's belief that a modern transport system is fundamental to sustainable and inclusive economic growth and has the potential to deliver economic and societal benefits.
Transport Scotland’s involvement in Project CAVForth, as a partner, came to a conclusion at the end of July 2023 when the funding period for the project ended. The project aim of delivering an autonomous bus service was successfully achieved and my officials obtained considerable operational knowledge relating to the steps required to support the safe implementation of such a service. As Transport Scotland was only a partner for a 12 week period of the trial service, there was a constraint on the amount of evaluation that could be undertaken within that time period. Nevertheless, through Transport Scotland’s involvement, my officials met regularly with City of Edinburgh Council and Fife Council to provide updates on the project, in addition to sharing learning at a number of industry events that representatives from various local roads authorities attended.
As the trial service continues until March 2025 under the successor project (CAVForth 2), the project partners (which does not include Transport Scotland) are continuing to evaluate the project including via Stagecoach as the operator of the service. In Transport Scotland’s role as the roads authority for the majority of the route, my officials will continue to support the project and share further learning with other Scottish Transport Authorities. Most recently this was done through the delivery of a presentation by my officials at an ITS UK event, which was attended by Glasgow City Council on 8 February 2024.
My officials also continue to actively engage with partners to gain a greater understanding of the impact that the deployment of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, the benefits that they bring and opportunities to share this knowledge more widely.
Dec. 19 2023
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Asked by: Briggs, Miles (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to each Regional Growth Deal, broken down by how much has been allocated to each individual project.
Answered by Gray, Neil - Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
The Scottish and UK Governments have committed over £3 billion to the City Region Deals programme and its associated investments. Information on the individual projects funded through the growth deals are outlined in their associated deal agreements.
Deal | Signed | SG Funding | UKG Funding | Full Deal/HOT Documentation |
Aberdeen City Region Deal | November 2016 | £125 million | £125 million | |
Ayrshire Growth Deal | November 2020 | £103 million | £103 million | |
Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal | March 2021 | £85 million | £65 million | |
Edinburgh & South-East Scotland City Region Deal | August 2018 | £300 million | £300 million | |
Glasgow City Region Deal | August 2014 | £500 million | £500 million | |
Inverness and Highland City Region Deal | January 2017 | £135 million | £53 million | |
Islands Growth Deal | January 2023 | £50 million | £50 million | |
Moray Growth Deal | December 2021 | £32.5 million | £32.5 million | |
Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal | February 2020 | £45.1 million | £45.1 million | |
Tay Cities City Region Deal | December 2020 | £150 million | £150 million | |
Argyll & Bute Growth Deal | Heads of Terms: February 2021 | £25 million | £25 million | |
Falkirk Growth Deal | Heads of Terms: December 2021 | £40 million | £40 million | |
Total Investment | £1,590.6 million | £1,488.6 million |
We have also committed a further £319 million to further projects and programmes linked to the deals which will help to achieve regional economic ambitions. These are further projects proposed by deal partners which the UK Government would not match fund, but which we judged to be important to achieving regional economic ambitions.
Growth Deal: Linked Investments | SG Funding |
Aberdeen City Region Deal additional investment | £254 million |
Falkirk Growth Deal additional investment | £10 million |
Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal additional investment | £5 million |
Tay Cities City Region Deal additional investment | £50 million |
Total investment | £319 million |
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