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Douglas Alexander: creating skills (pic: DB Media Services)<\/p>\n
Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander has welcomed the Scottish Government match-funding the UK Government\u2019s \u00a310 million commitment to create two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges (DTECs) in Scotland.<\/p>\n
Alyn Smith, Scottish Government Innovation minister, confirmed that Holyrood would partner with the UK Government on the project.<\/p>\n
The DTECs, announced in March, are part of a \u00a350m Scottish Defence Growth Deal and will help provide young people with jobs being created in engineering, advanced manufacturing and maritime technology.<\/p>\n
The colleges will support Scotland\u2019s defence clusters in the east and west of the country and will benefit from the engineering and innovation centres previously announced.<\/p>\n
Industry analysis suggests there could be demand for up to 50,000\u202fadditional\u202fdefence jobs across the UK by 2034\/35.\u202f<\/p>\n
Scotland already benefits from over \u00a32.5 billion a year in Ministry of Defence spending, which directly supports 12,200 jobs.<\/p>\n
Mr Alexander said: \u201cI\u2019m pleased that the Scottish Government has now agreed to match fund these colleges to give our young people the skills they need to secure high-skilled, well-paid careers in Scotland\u2019s defence sector in the years to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cScotland is a defence industrial powerhouse and is already benefiting from increased UK Government investment as we deliver a defence dividend for Scotland, creating new skilled jobs, new training places and new opportunities for communities while keeping us and our allies secure. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is crucial that we continue to develop the skilled workforce needed to support this growing sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
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