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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of local skills shortages on achieving net zero targets.

BEIS is working with the Department for Education and local partners to ensure green skills are considered through Local Skills Improvement Plans. The Secretary of State for Education may only approve a plan, if satisfied that net zero targets, adaptation to climate change, and other environmental goals, have been considered. To build its understanding of green skills strengths and needs, the Government has reviewed Local Skills Reports across England and is working with the Green Jobs Delivery Group to explore how central Government, local Government and businesses, can further support local areas to deliver a successful labour market transition to net zero.