Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide to those retraining, particularly for workers moving from other industries to the clean economy.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) provides a range of support to help people retrain and move into growing sectors, including the clean economy. Jobcentre Plus offers tailored employment support such as skills assessments, access to training through Sector-based Work Academy Programmes, skills bootcamps, other bespoke training and direct matching to vacancies, all of which can be applied to clean energy roles.

This is complemented by wider government investment in training and skills, including funded and subsidised courses in clean energy, alongside regional skills programmes designed to address local labour market needs and support access to clean energy jobs.

The Government is also working with industry to support workers transitioning from other sectors by recognising transferable skills and providing the means to help individuals move into clean energy roles more quickly.

DWP have collaborated and agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dpartment for Energy Security and Net Zero to ensure that the Get Britain Working measures are included in the Clean Energy Jobs Plan and on the ground our teams are working together to make this happen.

There are examples of this collaboration on the recent closures of the Grangemouth and Prax Lindsey oil refineries where a joint cross department response was put in place to support people being made redundant to access training in order to gain the skills needed to move into new employment in the clean economy.

Together, these measures aim to ensure individuals can access the skills, training and opportunities needed to take up jobs in the growing clean economy.