Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Acknowledged
Policy certainty is needed for training investment and boosting worker confidence.
Conclusion
Training needs to meet the needs of employers, current and future workers. There also needs to be more certainty around the longevity of government policies. That will give confidence both to employers investing in training and to workers considering entering the workforce, upskilling and retraining. (Conclusion, Paragraph 72)
Government Response Summary
Skills England is working towards becoming the single, authoritative voice on current and future skills needs, workforce modelling is built on clean energy technologies deployment, and clean energy public investment plans are set out through the Clean Energy Industries Sector plan.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
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.