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Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy

Status: Closed Opened: 11 Nov 2024 Closed: 27 Feb 2026 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 … Show more

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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 … Read more

Government response AI summary
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 by the end of 2026.
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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 AI summary
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.
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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 ↗

Who gave evidence

17 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Hockey · Chief Executive Officer Engineering Construction Industry Training Board 1
Anna Markova · Senior Policy Officer Trades Union Congress 1
Brian Berry · Chief Executive Federation of Master Builders 1
David Hughes CBE · Chief Executive Association of Colleges 1
Dr Christian Calvillo · Research Fellow at Centre for Energy Policy University of Strathclyde 1
Dr Richard Hanna · Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Poli… Imperial College London 1
Hugo Jones · Deputy Director for Green Growth Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 1
James Fotherby · Senior Policy Officer Aldersgate Group 1
Jodie Coe · Director of People and Change Northern Powergrid 1
Katy Heidenreich · Supply Chain & People Director Offshore Energies UK 1
Leah Robson · Founder Your Energy Your Way 1
Professor James Robson · Director of the Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and… University of Oxford 1
Sarah Jones MP · Minister of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 1
Simon Ayers MBE · Chief Executive Officer TrustMark 1
Sue Ferns · Senior Deputy General Secretary Prospect Trade Union 1
Tim Balcon · Chief Executive Construction Industry Training Board 1
Tom Jarman · Director Low Carbon Journey 1