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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 August 2025
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Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

But what percentage of the funding goes to your side of the business and what percentage is used for the learner?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

What are your thoughts on Jon Vincent’s point about subcontracting, with someone further down the line trying to make connections business to business?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

We have received evidence about the lack of scrutiny at that level being a problem, whereas a public body—well, if I talk about colleges as public bodies, that opens up another can of worms—or a publicly funded organisation such as Colleges Scotland receives more scrutiny on delivery.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

What percentage is the cut that you take?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

So, 40 per cent is retained by you.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

That is interesting.

I might regret asking this final question, but should we consider anything else in relation to the bill that we have not mentioned so far?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

An argument could be made that that 40 per cent could go straight to the college for it to deliver. Someone from a college would argue, “We could deliver that, so gie us 100 per cent of the funding.â€

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

What is the percentage breakdown of that?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

Good morning. There has been a lot of talk about the private companies that provide the training for apprentices. They would say that they provide quite a big bang for their buck—that they deliver quite a lot for a lot less than other people do—but they are concerned that colleges, through funding, will be given priority over other training providers. However, some people think that there is a lack of clarity about the checks and balances that private providers are subject to before receiving student support funding and that private training organisations can simply access public funding without investing in high-quality delivery.

Those debates have been going on since private providers started getting involved in the provision. What is your assessment of the bill’s proposals on private provider designation, particularly regarding the oversight and growth implications?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

George Adam

You take your cut from it, so it does not go directly to the learner.