Skilled Workers: Vacancies

(asked on 15th April 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential reasons for skills shortages.


Answered by
Kevin Hollinrake Portrait
Kevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
This question was answered on 18th April 2024

The workforce is more highly qualified than 15 years ago, but adult participation in further education has declined significantly. This has left us with a gap in higher technical skills: only 4% of young people achieve a qualification at higher technical level by 25 compared to 33% who get a degree or above. We know through our work with investors and businesses that we do not have enough technicians, engineers or health and social care professionals to meet our challenges. Therefore, the Government are investing an additional £3.8 billion into skills and further education over this Parliament to help workers develop the skills businesses need.

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