Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Accepted
Paragraph: 26
Witnesses supported the apprenticeship levy in principle but told us that more Government support for...
Conclusion
Witnesses supported the apprenticeship levy in principle but told us that more Government support for skills development should be directed to upskilling existing members of the workforce, whether through reform of the apprenticeship levy or other mechanisms.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government is already addressing skills development for net zero through the Green Jobs Taskforce, Net Zero Strategy, and the Green Jobs Delivery Group, which includes ministers from across Government and industry representatives.
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Paragraph Reference:
26
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
We note that there are numerous Ministers with responsibility for skills—from compulsory, further, and higher education to adult and in-work training. The Government previously coordinated a ‘Green Skills Taskforce’ between the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Education. We call on the Government to consider reviving such a taskforce to grapple with the wider challenge of skills shortages in the labour market.
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