Retail Trade: Apprentices and Training

(asked on 1st December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of (a) people undertaking training and apprenticeships in the rail sector and (b) jobs available in that sector.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 14th February 2022

No comparative estimate has been made of the number of people undertaking training and apprenticeships in the rail sector and jobs available across the entirety of the rail sector.

The Department is committed to ensuring that the transport workforce better reflects our diverse society. On 7 February 2022 the Department published a Transport Labour Market and Skills Call for Views and Ideas, which asks for views on the future labour market and skills needs of the transport sector, including how we can do more to target and reduce the barriers to improving diversity, inclusion, and social mobility.

The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail also sets out a commitment to empower rail’s people and the new body, Great British Railways (GBR) will work with the sector to develop a new sector wide workforce plan with a joined up cross-sector training and skills offer. This approach will support a consistent and sustainable approach in future recruitment practices.

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