Scottish Parliament – Nov. 19, 2025 – 2

S6M-19756.1: As an amendment to motion S6M-19756 in the name of Daniel Johnson (Scotland's Skills System), leave out from “, with better” to end and insert “;

believes that this must be underpinned by a demand-led skills system that equips young people with the qualifications that employers need to grow Scotland’s economy;

notes that the Scottish National Party administration has failed to pass on over £170 million of Apprenticeship Levy funding and has provided around 10,000 fewer apprenticeship places than learning providers requested, contributing to a widening skills gap in key sectors including hospitality, construction, engineering and care;

further notes that colleges have faced a 20% real-terms funding cut, leading to job losses, falling student numbers and financial instability, and calls for urgent reform to invest in colleges, fix Scotland’s broken apprenticeship system, address skills shortages and allow local employers to shape training that matches their workforce needs.”

Original motion(S6M-19756): That the Parliament believes that Scotland’s skills system is letting down young people and holding back economicgrowth, and further believes that there needs to be a new partnership between education and industry, with better careers advice in schools central to it, and new Scottish industrial pathways to link school subjects to future careers, guaranteed industrialplacements for secondary school pupils including in industry and a clearingsystem for apprenticeships, so that good candidates do not fall out of the system.