Select Committee · Transport Committee

Skills for transport manufacturing

Status: Open Opened: 22 Jul 2025 10 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

The UK has a long tradition of manufacturing motor vehicles, buses, aeroplanes, trains, and ships, but manufacturers in the transport industries are concerned about skills shortages. These industries are integral to the economic health of the communities they are based in, and they provide high-quality, British-built equipment for companies here and around the world. This …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
5th Report - Engine for growth: securing skills for transpo… HC 1223 28 Jan 2026 16 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
16 Recommendation 5th Report - Engine for growth: securin… Rejected

Review and support modular apprenticeships for candidates with caring responsibilities in transport manufacturing.

Skills England must undertake a review to ensure that it supports a range of modular or part-time apprenticeships, or other training options in the transport manufacturing sector, to help attract candidates with caring responsibilities or those returning to work from career breaks. Manufacturers receiving levy funding or apprenticeship support should …

Government response. The government does not plan to impose additional conditions on employers through reporting of training options, believing that employers are responsible for their recruitment decisions and that they have a fundamental responsibility to ensure that their hiring practices provide fair, …
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Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Nov 2025 Alan Krikorian · Department of Work and Pensions, Eddie Dempsey · National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers (RMT), Lilian Greenwood MP · Department for Transport, Mr John McGookin · Unite the Union, Rebecca Schapira · Department for Business and Trade, Sarah Maclean CBE · Skills England View ↗
22 Oct 2025 Balaji Srimoolanathan · ADS Group Ltd, Dr Benjamin Silverstone · Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Jamie Cater · Make UK, Matthew Ogg · Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Oriel Petry · Airbus, Professor Chris Brace · University of Bath (IAAPS + Institute of Coding), Tom Chant MBE · Society of Maritime Industries View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
5 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Chief Executive, Society of Maritime Industries relating to Ski…