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Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

Status: Open Opened: 11 Nov 2024 20 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

The committee has launched an inquiry on how to build the workforce that is needed to deliver the policies and infrastructure for the UK’s clean, secure energy mission. The inquiry aims to: explore the difficulties in recruiting and retraining the workforce to deliver a clean energy sector and retrofit homes and businesses; assess how the …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
6th Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure en… HC 393 5 Dec 2025 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
6 Recommendation 6th Report - Workforce planning to deli… Not Addressed

Set out options by 2026 for leveraging skilled immigration to boost home-grown talent.

The Government should, by the end of 2026, set out a range of further options for conditionality to leverage the short-term need for skilled immigration to boost the longer-term need for home-grown talent. An analysis of their potential impacts should be included. (Recommendation, Paragraph 34) The role of the Department …

Government response. The government agrees with the recommendation but then discusses the role of devolved and local governments in skills planning and various collaborative initiatives for local skills provision, entirely failing to address the request for options on conditionality for skilled immigration …
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
23 Recommendation 6th Report - Workforce planning to deli… Not Addressed

Clarify Government's stance on electricity and gas levies, EPC revisions, and hydrogen's heating role.

The Government should, as a matter of urgency, clarify its stance on the balance of levies between electricity and gas, revisions to the EPC regime and the role of hydrogen in heating. (Recommendation, Paragraph 95)

Government response. The government agrees, but its response focuses on the Warm Homes Plan's investment in home upgrades and ongoing evaluation of skills funding, not on clarifying stances on electricity/gas levies, EPC revisions, or hydrogen in heating.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
13 May 2025 Hugo Jones · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Sarah Jones MP · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View ↗
30 Apr 2025 Jodie Coe · Northern Powergrid, Leah Robson · Your Energy Your Way, Sue Ferns · Prospect Trade Union, Tom Jarman · Low Carbon Journey View ↗
26 Mar 2025 Andrew Hockey · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, Anna Markova · Trades Union Congress, Brian Berry · Federation of Master Builders, David Hughes CBE · Association of Colleges, James Fotherby · Aldersgate Group, Katy Heidenreich · Offshore Energies UK, Simon Ayers MBE · TrustMark, Tim Balcon · Construction Industry Training Board View ↗
5 Mar 2025 Dr Christian Calvillo · University of Strathclyde, Dr Richard Hanna · Imperial College London, Professor James Robson · University of Oxford View ↗