Government Skills

Government Skills is the Sector Skills Council for central government.  The overall purpose is to improve the delivery of public services by working with employers to reduce skills gaps.  It covers all civil servants in departments and agencies (including those in the devolved administrations and the Northern Ireland Civil Service); staff in non-departmental government bodies not already affiliated to another SSC (around 60,000 staff); and the Armed Forces.  In total, this adds up to around 800,000 staff.

They aim to reduce skills gaps by delivering the Skills Strategy for central government.