Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Not Addressed
Unite the Union failed to provide promised 35,000 energy transition jobs plan.
Conclusion
Given what is at stake if transition is mismanaged, we are disappointed that Unite the Union has been unable to share, as promised, its plan to create 35,000 energy transition jobs. The plan might have been a valuable and timely contribution to our inquiry and could have assisted us in developing our recommendations to the Government while it develops its own North Sea transition plan. Unite’s clear failure to supply the plan ultimately casts doubt over its existence. (Conclusion, Paragraph 83)
Government Response Summary
The government outlines its own Clean Energy Jobs Plan and North Sea Future Plan, which aim to increase clean energy jobs and provide a fair transition for the oil and gas workforce, including engagement with trade unions. It does not address the committee's disappointment regarding Unite the Union's failure to provide a promised plan.
Government Response
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HM Government
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We have published our Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which sets a pathway for the clean energy workforce to nearly double from around 440,000 in 2023 to around 860,000 jobs supported across clean energy sectors and their supply chains by 2030, in order to deliver our Clean Energy Superpower Mission. In the recently published North Sea Future Plan, we have set out a suite of measures, including a new North Sea Jobs Service, to deliver a fair and prosperous transition for the oil and gas workforce. We worked closely with Trade Unions in the development of the Clean Energy Jobs Plan, and will continue to work with them as we deliver our policies, including the North Sea Jobs Service.