Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
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Inquiry
Opened: 11 Nov 2024
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The committee has launched an inquiry on how to build the workforce that is needed to deliver the policies and infrastructure for the UK’s clean, secure energy mission. The inquiry aims to: explore the difficulties in recruiting and retraining the workforce to deliver a clean energy sector and retrofit homes …
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Recommendations
7
Conclusions
1
Report
4
Oral sessions
4
Events
Activity timeline 10 events
27 Feb
2026
2026
5 Dec
2025
2025
Report published
13 May
2025
2025
Oral evidence
13 May
2025
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
30 Apr
2025
2025
Oral evidence
30 Apr
2025
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
26 Mar
2025
2025
Oral evidence
26 Mar
2025
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Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
5 Mar
2025
2025
Oral evidence
5 Mar
2025
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
13 May 2025
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Oral evidence
Hugo Jones · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Sarah Jones MP · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
30 Apr 2025
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Jodie Coe · Northern Powergrid
Leah Robson · Your Energy Your Way
Sue Ferns · Prospect Trade Union
Tom Jarman · Low Carbon Journey
26 Mar 2025
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Andrew Hockey · Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Anna Markova · Trades Union Congress
Brian Berry · Federation of Master Builders
David Hughes CBE · Association of Colleges
James Fotherby · Aldersgate Group
Katy Heidenreich · Offshore Energies UK
Simon Ayers MBE · TrustMark
Tim Balcon · Construction Industry Training Board
5 Mar 2025
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Oral evidence
Dr Christian Calvillo · University of Strathclyde
Dr Richard Hanna · Imperial College London
Professor James Robson · University of Oxford
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Report - Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy | HC 393 | 5 Dec 2025 | 27 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
6
Recommendation
Not Addressed
6th Report - Workforce planning to…
Set out options by 2026 for leveraging skilled immigration to boost home-grown talent.
The Government should, by the end of 2026, set out a range of further options for conditionality to leverage the short-term need for skilled immigration to boost the longer-term need for home-grown talent. An analysis of their potential impacts should …
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Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation but then discusses the role of devolved and local governments in skills planning and various collaborative initiatives for local skills provision, entirely failing to address the request for options on conditionality for skilled immigration by the end of 2026.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
6th Report - Workforce planning to…
Clarify Government's stance on electricity and gas levies, EPC revisions, and hydrogen's heating role.
The Government should, as a matter of urgency, clarify its stance on the balance of levies between electricity and gas, revisions to the EPC regime and the role of hydrogen in heating. (Recommendation, Paragraph 95)
Government Response
The government agrees, but its response focuses on the Warm Homes Plan's investment in home upgrades and ongoing evaluation of skills funding, not on clarifying stances on electricity/gas levies, EPC revisions, or hydrogen in heating.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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