Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 28
28
Acknowledged
Film and HETV industry too slow responding to critical skills shortages.
Conclusion
The film and HETV industry has been too slow to respond to skills shortages. That has had serious consequences for those working in it, and for the ability of domestic productions to afford to pay crews and creatives. Countless reviews, reports, strategies and plans for tackling this crisis have been published or promised, but essential questions remain unanswered about the number of people that are needed, the roles that need filling, the costs of training those people and the adequacy of current spending on skills to meet those costs. There is an urgent need not just for strategic thinking, but for a clear path to delivering practical measures that tackles the crisis once and for all. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106)
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of data for a coherent skills strategy, viewing it as an industry-led effort, and explicitly states it does not support a statutory intervention across the industry.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The government agrees with the Committee that having data on industry investment in skills and training is vital in order to understand the landscape, and to develop a coherent skills strategy that reduces the risk of fragmentation and delivers more value for money. Our view is that this should be an industry-led effort, continuing the industry-led work of the Screen Sector Skills Task Force, and we expect ScreenSkills to provide leadership and improve transparency in skills investment in the UK. We do not agree that a statutory intervention across the entire industry is proportionate, noting that such action would increase the regulatory burden on businesses - the majority of which are small businesses.