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Recommendation 9
9
Acknowledged
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero should have published workforce strategy sooner.
Recommendation
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero should have demonstrated its firm grasp of the skills landscape by having published a workforce strategy much sooner. (Conclusion, Paragraph 52)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees and states Skills England and the Office for Clean Energy Jobs will continue to work with industry, and the government will consider how competence is defined for PAS retrofit roles to develop clearer competence frameworks.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
Since the evidence provided in the Sixth Session to inform the Committee’s Report, the government has published the Industrial Strategy, the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan, the Clean Energy Jobs Plan, North Sea Energy Future Plan, and Warm Homes Plan. These publications set out the government’s approach to workforce and skills issues across clean energy industries and decarbonisation of buildings.
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