Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 1
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There is no single definition, nor single way to measure green jobs.
Conclusion
There is no single definition, nor single way to measure green jobs. The Government’s ambitions for accelerating the number of green jobs over the 2020s are welcome, but without a clear definition and metric, the Government will be unable to assess whether its policies are leading to good quality, green jobs in the sectors and regions they are needed.
Paragraph Reference:
19
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
Government’s response As reflected by the Green Jobs Taskforce, the delivery of the government’s green jobs and skills policies is a highly cross-cutting agenda, spanning action across several Government departments. The recommendations of the Green Jobs Taskforce were released prior to the Spending Review 2021. They helped inform to inform Spending Review prioritisation and individual department programme allocations. The Net Zero Strategy has explicitly highlighted these allocations for specific policy areas. Further allocations depend on ongoing and future policy development, and as such it is not possible to set these out to the Committee at this point.