Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Acknowledged
UK lacks sufficient education-to-industry pipeline and adequate workforce reskilling and upskilling support.
Conclusion
The UK does not have a sufficient pipeline from education to industry. Re- skilling and upskilling are also not adequately supported to better enable people to be retained by existing businesses or move from one business or sector to another. (Conclusion, Paragraph 64)
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the skills gap and references its vision for a world-leading skills system and actions being taken to align delivery levers across employment and adult skills programmes.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government thanks the Transport Select Committee for its report and recognises the significant challenges that skills gaps present to transport manufacturing. As previously noted in written evidence to the Committee, Skills England identified that only 7% of total science graduates entered the manufacturing workforce in academic year 2021/22,1 presenting a significant knowledge and skills deficit. Additionally, apprenticeship starts for young people under the age of 25 have declined by 40% over the last decade across all sectors, which is likely to affect the development of the earlycareer talent pipeline across sectors.2 Through the post-16 education and skills white paper, the government has set its vision for a world-leading skills system which meets employers’ needs; supports innovation, research, and development; and improves people’s lives. We are taking our skills vision further and faster by aligning our delivery levers across employment and adult skills programmes. The Machinery of Government Change announced in September supports this ambition. Responsibility for apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers, and Skills England has moved from the Department