Footnotes
1 ONS (2020), Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)
2 Scottish Government (2021), Public sector procurement: Construction procurement
3 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
4 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025: Key Issues and Priority Actions
5 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
6 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
7 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
8 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2020
9 ONS (2021), Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2021
10 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
11 BEIS (2020), Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2018/19: Scotland report
12 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
13 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
14 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
15 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
16 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
17 Scottish Government (2020), Employers Perceptions Survey, 2019
18 ONS (2020), Annual Population Survey, 2019
19 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2020
20 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
21 HSE (2021), Construction statistics in Great Britain: 2021
22 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
23 CITB (2021), Mental Health and Construction: A Coordinated Approach
24 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
25 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
26 ONS (2021), Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2021
27 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
28 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025: Key Issues and Priority Actions
29 Figures presented in this section are taken from a number of sources in order to give as full a picture as possible of work in the sector. Note that in some cases figures do not sum across sources, or cannot be directly compared.
30 Scottish Government (2021), Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2019
31 Scottish Government (2021), Export statistics Scotland: 2019
32 Scottish Government (2021), Scottish Annual Business Statistics 2019
33 CITB (2020), Construction Skills Network: Labour Market Intelligence Report
34 ONS (2020), Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)
35 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey: Jan-Dec 2020
36 BCTG Construct (2018), Supervisory Skills Gaps within the UK Construction Industry
37 ONS (2018), Construction statistics, Great Britain
38 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey: Jan-Dec 2020
39 Scottish Government (2022), Estimates of Quarterly GDP
40 Scottish Government (2022), Estimates of Quarterly GDP
41 ONS (2022), Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS), Scotland Estimates
The Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) is a UK-wide fortnightly business survey, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), that captures businesses’ responses on how their turnover, workforce, prices, trade and business resilience have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic over two week reference periods. The results in this note relates to data up to and including wave 47 of the survey. Wave 47 covers the 2 week period 29th December 2021 to 9th January 2022.
42 HMRC (2021), Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: July 2021
43 Scottish Government (2013), Review of Scottish public sector procurement in construction
44 Scottish Parliament (2019), Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland
45 Scottish Government (2018), Building standards compliance and enforcement review: Report
46 CIOB (2017), Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools
47 Scottish Government (2013), Review of Scottish public sector procurement in construction
48 Scottish Parliament (2019), Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland
49 CIOB (2017), Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools
50 Scottish Government (2018), Report of the Review Panel on Building Standards Compliance and Enforcement
51 Construction Leadership Council (2019), Future Skills Report
52 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
53 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
54 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (2021), Labour Market Intermediaries
55 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (2021), Labour Market Intermediaries
56 Temple, C. on Contractor UK. (Dec 2020), Agency kickbacks: when contractors use their recruiter’s PSL umbrella company
57 TUC (2021), Umbrella companies: Why agencies and employers should be banned from using them
58 GOV.UK (2021), Working through an umbrella company
59 TUC (2021), Umbrella companies: Why agencies and employers should be banned from using them
60 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2020
61 Note: Annual Population Survey data is derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey
62 ONS (2021), Employment in the UK: April 2021
63 GOV.UK (2017), Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices
64 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (2021), Labour Market Intermediaries
65 GOV.UK (2021), Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
66 Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (2021), Labour Market Intermediaries
67 ONS (2021), Labour market overview, UK: January 2022
68 ONS (2021), Annual Survey for Hours and Earnings (ASHE)
69 BEIS (2020), Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2018/19: Scotland report
70 ONS (2021), Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2021
71 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
72 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
73 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025: Key Issues and Priority Actions
74 The National (2021), Brexit shortages put Scotland's climate target at risk
75 ONS (2021), Vacancies and jobs in the UK: August 2021
76 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
77 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
78 ONS (2018), Migrant labour force within the UK's construction industry: August 2018
79 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey: Jan-Dec 2020
80 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
81 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
82 HSE (2021), Construction statistics in Great Britain: 2021
83 HSE (2021), Construction statistics in Great Britain: 2021
84 ONS (2021), Labour Force Survey, Trade Union Statistics
85 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
86 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
87 Labour Research Department (2021), Law at Work
88 Labour Research Department (2021), Law at Work
89 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
90 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, 2020
91 Construction Leadership Council (2019), Future Skills Report
92 Scottish Government (2021), Public sector procurement: Construction procurement
93 Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (2019), The Scottish Construction Industry Strategy 2019 - 2022
94 UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2013), Supply chain analysis into the construction industry: report for the construction Industrial Strategy
95 Scottish Parliament (2019), Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland
96 Available at: The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Scottish Statutory Instruments, Regulation 19
97 Available at: The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Scottish Statutory Instruments, Regulation 67
98 Available at: The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Scottish Statutory Instruments, Regulation 70
99 Available at: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 9
100 Available at: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Community benefit requirements
101 Available at: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Statutory Guidance, Section 3
102 Available at: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Statutory Guidance, Section 4
103 Available at: Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Statutory Guidance, Section 5
104 Scottish Government (2015), Fair work practices and the award of public contracts: Statutory Guidance
105 Scottish Government (2015), Fair work practices and the award of public contracts: Statutory Guidance
106 Scottish Government (2015), Fair work practices and the award of public contracts: Statutory Guidance
107 Scottish Government (2015), Fair work practices and the award of public contracts: Statutory Guidance
108 Scottish Government (2015), Fair work practices and the award of public contracts : Statutory Guidance, Annex A
109 Scottish Government (2018), Addressing fair work practices, including the real living wage, in procurement: best practice
110 Scottish Government (2018), Fair work practices in procurement: toolkit
111 Scottish Government (2021), Fair Work First implementation - Scottish public procurement update: SPPN 6/2021
112 Scottish Government (2021), Fair Work First implementation - Scottish public procurement update: SPPN 6/2021
113 Scottish Government (2018), Construction Procurement Handbook
114 Available at: Scottish Procurement Policy Notes
115 Available at: Construction policy notes
116 Scottish Government (2021), Supporting fair work practices
117 Evidence submitted directly to the Inquiry
118 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
119 Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (2020), Scottish Construction Industry: Approved Recovery Action Plan
120 Scottish Government (2021), Annual survey of hours and earnings: 2021
121 Scottish Parliament (2019), Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland
122 Scottish Parliament (2019), Under Construction: Building the future of the sector in Scotland
123 Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (2022), About Us
124 Scottish Government (2020), Industry Leadership Groups Review
125 Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (2018), Roles, Remit and Governance
126 Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (2022), Home
127 CICV (2022), About Us
128 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
129 This assumes a total workforce figure of 185,000 in line with the Labour Force Survey.
130 UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (2013), Measuring Bias in the LFS for Trade Union Membership Statistics
131 Construction Industry Joint Council (2018), Employers Guide to the Construction Industry Joint Council Workers Rule Agreement
132 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
133 UK Parliament (2013), Scottish Affairs Committee - Ninth Report - Blacklisting in Employment: Interim Report
134 Labour Research Department (2021), Scotland's Collective Bargaining 2021
135 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025: Key Issues and Priority Actions
136 Scottish Government (2019), News: Scotland to become a net-zero society
137 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
138 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025: Key Issues and Priority Actions
139 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
140 Scottish Government (2021), Heat in Buildings Strategy - achieving net zero emissions in Scotland's buildings
141 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025
142 Green Jobs Taskforce (2021), Green Jobs Taskforce Report
143 Scottish Government (2021), Heat in Buildings Strategy - achieving net zero emissions in Scotland's buildings
144 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
145 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
146 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
147 CITB (2021), Building Skills for Net Zero in Scotland
148 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025
149 Skills Development Scotland (2021), Modern Apprenticeship Statistics, Quarter 3, 2020-21
150 CITB (2020), Construction Skills Network: Labour Market Intelligence Report
151 CITB (2021), NVQs & SVQs (Standards & Frameworks) - CITB
152 OECD (2020), Strengthening Skills in Scotland
153 SDS (2021), Apprenticeships | Technical Expert Group
154 Shared Apprentice Ltd (2020), The Shared Apprentice Programme
155 Equate Scotland (2020), Inclusive Value Report for the Construction Sector
156 Skills Development Scotland (2022), Modern Apprenticeship Statistics
157 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
158 ONS (2021), Annual Population Survey, Jan-Dec 2020
159 CITB (2022), Rethinking Recruitment: Constructing a more attractive industry
160 Go Construct (2022), Home
161 CITB (2022), Rethinking Recruitment: Constructing a more attractive industry
162 SCER & FAI (2020), Facing the future constructively? The experience of work in the construction industry in Scotland
163 CITB (2021), Mental Health and Construction: A Coordinated Approach
164 CITB (2022), Rethinking Recruitment: Constructing a more attractive industry
165 CITB (2022), Recruit an apprentice in Scotland
166 GLAA (2020), Construction Industry Protocol - Induction Pack
167 GLAA (2020), The Construction Protocol
168 Skills Development Scotland (2020), Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan 2020-2025