S3O-12089: Apprenticeships

To ask the Scottish Executive how many apprenticeship places it is supporting in 2010-11.

Answered by Keith Brown (25/11/2010): The Scottish Government, through Skills Development Scotland (SDS), initially offered 15,000 new apprenticeship places in 2010-11. Through the use of strategic European Social Fund funding, SDS were able to supplement this by an additional 5,000 places as announced by the First Minister in June 2010.