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
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.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with this recommendation. Long term policy certainty is a key driver of investment and adoption. Across the economy, industry investment into skills has been falling in recent years with evidence suggesting significant underinvestment into skills compared to our European peers. Skills England is working towards becoming the single, authoritative voice on current and future skills needs. In aligning national and regional skills planning to long-term government growth and opportunity missions, Skills England is building long-term certainty for the skills system. The workforce modelling included within the Jobs Plan is built on the expected deployment of clean energy technologies over the coming years as a result of Spending Review Outcomes and policies included in the Clean Power Action Plan and Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan. We will continue to work with relevant stakeholders to further refine this analysis. We have set out our clean energy public investment plans through the Clean Energy Industries Sector plan which sets out a 10-year strategy through to 2035 to secure domestic supply chains, support jobs, and build a clean energy system through doubling clean energy investment to £30bn per year. The Carbon Budget Growth and Delivery Plan sets out plans through to the end of Carbon Budget 6 in 2037 to achieve intended reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and achieve sustainable growth.