Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.

As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:

• Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.
• Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.
• Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.

The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:

• Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035.
• Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.
• Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.

The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.

The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.

The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.

The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.

As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:

• Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.
• Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.
• Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.

The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:

• Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035.
• Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.
• Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.

The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.

The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.

The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.

The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.

As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:

• Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.
• Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.
• Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.

The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:

• Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035.
• Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.
• Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.

The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.

The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.

The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.

Information on the numbers and rates of qualified teachers entering and leaving state-funded schools in England is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.

In state-funded schools in England, between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, the rate of qualified teachers entering service was 9.1% in nursery and primary schools and 10.0% in secondary schools. This is published as 2023/24 entrants here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified entrants to teaching_2022-23 and 2023-24’. The data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/518037fe-b4d2-4fd6-baa3-08dcafcfd634.

The equivalent rate of qualified teachers leaving state-funded schools between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, was 9.5% in nursery and primary schools and 9.5% in secondary schools. This is published as 2022/23 leavers here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified leavers from teaching_2021-22 and 2022-23'. The data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27af8b92-fa97-4081-baa4-08dcafcfd634.

Turnover figures for non-teaching staff in schools are not centrally calculated and would incur disproportionate cost to compile.

Staff turnover figures for both teaching and non-teaching staff in sixth-form colleges and further education colleges are not centrally collected.

To date, 172 qualifications have been approved as Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) across seven occupational routes: Digital, Construction & the Built Environment, Health & Science, Business & Administration, Education & Early Years, Engineering & Manufacturing, and Legal, Finance & Accounting, for first teaching between September 2022 and September 2024, depending on the route. The list of approved qualifications can be found here: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/qualifications/higher-technical-qualifications/approved-higher-technical-qualifications-cycle-one/.

Data covering participation and completion rates for HTQs in the 2022/23 academic year is not currently available.

From the 2023/24 academic year, HTQ data will be incorporated in the Higher Level Learners dataset, which the department expects to be published in 2025.