Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 8
8
As change leads to the emergence of new jobs and changes to existing ones, the...
Recommendation
As change leads to the emergence of new jobs and changes to existing ones, the Government must ensure that it is monitoring the impact of change on the quality of jobs, not just the quantity. Studies such as the Skills and Employment Survey have been a useful source of data on job quality in the past. The Government should fund the next round of the Skills and Employment Survey, which is expected to be re-run in 2022–23. The Department for Education has funded the Survey in the past, but the next round could be funded by DWP, or by more than one department. DWP should also consider whether further methods of collecting data on job quality are needed. Working with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, it should also consider whether there is a case for adopting a new framework for measuring job quality or modifying its existing measure. (Paragraph 45) Impact of long-term changes on different groups
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The Skills and Employment Survey is owned and developed by academics and managed out of Cardiff University. It relies on funding from several sources but primarily the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is solely a decision for the academics and ESRC to decide if the survey runs again.