Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 7
7
Accepted
Government's shared job definitions and expansive approach improve effective workforce planning.
Conclusion
For workforce planning to be effective, it is important that there is some shared definition of the jobs under discussion for support, encouragement and incentivisation; the Government’s clarifications around definitions has been helpful. We also welcome the Government taking an expansive approach to the scope of roles included and the focus on ensuring high quality, well-paid careers. (Conclusion, Paragraph 50)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees with the conclusion, outlining how Skills England is working to create long-term certainty for the skills system and how workforce modelling in the Jobs Plan is built on deployment expectations, supported by long-term clean energy investment and carbon budget plans.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We also set out how we will drive job quality and help make the clean energy sector the best place to work in the country - offering good wages, stability, and the opportunity to progress in a varied and interesting career – through increasing trade union representation and collective bargaining, and workforce criteria in DESNZ grants and procurement. This also includes developing a Fair Work Charter, to ensure that companies benefiting from public funding provide decent wages and strong workplace rights.
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