INQUIRY SEEKS EVIDENCE ON WORKFORCE REQUIRED TO MEET ENERGY TARGETS

An initial inquiry of the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme - where only 47,500 home energy upgrades out of an envisaged 600,000 were delivered – found difficulties in recruiting and adequately training a workforce and resourcing work across the energy sector.

Now the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, appointed last month, is launching a new inquiry on how to build the workforce that is needed to deliver the policies and infrastructure for the UK’s clean, secure energy mission target.

This inquiry aims to:   

• Explore the difficulties in recruiting and retraining the workforce to deliver a clean energy sector and retrofit homes and businesses; 
• Assess how the new Office for Clean Energy jobs can contribute to workforce planning; and
• Gain an understanding of the specific role of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in delivering clean energy jobs.

The Committee is now inviting evidence from individuals and organisations on any or all of the following questions:  

• Does the Government have an appropriate understanding of the skill needs to deliver the Clean Energy Mission by 2030 as well as decarbonise homes and businesses?
• To what extent can the Clean Energy Mission and the retrofitting of homes and businesses be carried out by the existing workforce, and to what extent will it require new entrants to the workforce?  
• How might the Government ensure that the job market in clean energy roles is sustainable enough to incentivise private sector investment in training for 2030 and beyond?
• How can the new Office for Clean Energy jobs contribute to workforce planning in the energy sector?
• What more can the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero do to ensure the workforce is in place to deliver the Clean Energy Mission and accelerate the retrofitting of homes and businesses?

Anyone with evidence on these questions can find more information and submit it here by Monday January 13, 2025.

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8607/workforce-planning-to-deliver-clean-secure-energy/