Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 149438 on Environment Protection: Job Creation, what the (a) aims and objectives and (b) members are of each of the three ask and finish groups; and when each is due to report.

The Green Jobs Delivery Group will deliver the recently announced joint government-industry Net Zero and Nature Workforce Action Plan, to be published in 2024. In support, time-limited task and finish groups are being established on themes such as 'nature' and 'local'.

The pilot Power and Networks Working Group published initial actions in the Net Zero Growth Plan, to be followed by a further update in summer 2023, including a sectoral assessment of workforce needs which will serve as a template for other sectors.

The Net Zero and Nature Workforce Action Plan will represent the culmination of these sectoral assessments.