Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what engagement his Department has had with the part-time distance learning sector on delivering the recommendations made in the final report of the Made Smarter Review.

The Government welcomes the independent industry led ‘Made Smarter Review’. We look forward to working with industry and colleagues, including those in the part-time distance learning sector to capitalise on the huge potential digitalisation offers to UK manufacturing highlighted in the report.