Green Jobs

Environmental Audit Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 17 Nov 2020 Closed: 27 Jul 2022 Parliament page
The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into Green Jobs. The inquiry will look at how green jobs can help tackle the expected rise in unemployment due to COVID-19 in a sustainable way. It will also look at the jobs, skills and training needed to achieve the UK’s longer-term … Read more
27 Recommendations
11 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
23 Feb
2022
Correspondence
20 Jan
2022
Report published
20 Jan
2022
Correspondence
25 Oct
2021
Report published
9 Sep
2021
Correspondence
9 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
12 May
2021
Oral evidence
3 Mar
2021
Oral evidence
3 Feb
2021
Oral evidence
26 Nov
2020
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
9 Jun 2021
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Panel 1
Amy Jenkins · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Gillian Keegan MP · Department for Education Jessica Hodgson · Department for Work and Pensions Jon Boswell · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mims Davies MP · Department for Work and Pensions Rebecca Pow MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP · Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Sinead O’Sullivan · Department for Education
12 May 2021
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Andrew Mennear · BP Dr Adam Read · SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Jane Cooper · Orsted Peter Walters · Chemical Industries Association Venetia Knight · Groundwork
3 Mar 2021
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Graham Petersen · Greener Jobs Alliance Kevin Bentley · Local Government Association’s People & Places Board Lee Jowett · National Association for Environmental Education Meg Baker · Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) Mr Iain Patton · EAUC - The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education Ms Charlotte Bonner · Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Richard Kendall · Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Samantha Smith · Just Transition Centre
3 Feb 2021
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Josie Fraser · Open University Libby Peake · Green Alliance Luke Murphy · Institute for Public Policy Research Mike Hemsley · Climate Change Committee Mr Martin Baxter · Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment Sue Ferns · Prospect Trade Union
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report - Green Jobs HC 75 25 Oct 2021 38 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
7 results
Clear
7 Conclusion Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
Just 1 per cent of Kickstart scheme jobs were in green sectors.
Just 1 per cent of Kickstart scheme jobs were in green sectors. While we understand the need to support current industries, we consider that an opportunity has been missed for a greener employment recovery scheme, to contribute towards the Government’s … Read more
Government Response
The government outlined its existing Net Zero Strategy and Plan for Jobs, aiming to support 440,000 green jobs by 2030 through skills reforms. DWP is exploring ways to align future labour market interventions with net zero goals, potentially developing a checklist.
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9 Conclusion Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
We first recommended that the Government pilot a National Nature Service in our report ‘Growing...
We first recommended that the Government pilot a National Nature Service in our report ‘Growing back better: putting nature and net zero at the heart of the economic recovery’. The Government’s response did not engage directly with this proposal. A … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the concept of a National Nature Service and describes various related initiatives, including funding projects that support skills development in the nature sector, working with the sector to understand future skills needs, and the development of a Youth Environmental Service by other organisations, as well as a new National Education Nature Park.
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11 Conclusion Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
The voucher element of the Green Homes Grant scheme, the Government’s recent flagship scheme to...
The voucher element of the Green Homes Grant scheme, the Government’s recent flagship scheme to address covid-19 impact while stimulating jobs in the green sector of home retrofit for energy efficiency, was not a success, and may even have put … Read more
Government Response
The government states an independent evaluation of the Green Homes Grant Voucher scheme is underway, with findings informing future scheme designs and lessons learned workshops. Industry engagement, as recommended, is being re-established through the Net Zero Buildings Council and other forums.
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13 Conclusion Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
The scale of the challenge to retrofit homes is significant, as recognised by the Government...
The scale of the challenge to retrofit homes is significant, as recognised by the Government when launching the Green Homes Grant scheme, claiming it would create 100,000 green jobs. With millions of homes requiring retrofitting to achieve decarbonisation through improved … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the need for a skilled supply chain for retrofitting, citing a past £6.9m skills competition, existing Skills Bootcamps and T Levels covering retrofit, and ongoing work to monitor the market and develop training offers. The CITB is in early planning stages to develop green skills training modules for construction.
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34 Recommendation Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
By the end of 2021, the Government should set out its ambitions for improving diversity...
By the end of 2021, the Government should set out its ambitions for improving diversity and inclusion in the green workforce and set out how it will measure diversity and inclusion in green jobs, for the purpose of monitoring and … Read more
Government Response
The government states it will continue to engage with industry to ensure equal opportunity and that the ONS will 'seek to refine' its understanding and measurement of diversity within the green economy. It also mentions campaigns to raise awareness of green careers, but does not explicitly set out specific ambitions or a concrete measurement plan for diversity and inclusion by the recommended deadline.
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35 Conclusion Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
Something that has not been considered in the Green Jobs Taskforce report recommendations is the...
Something that has not been considered in the Green Jobs Taskforce report recommendations is the wider enabling infrastructure which allows people to physically access green job opportunities, such as public transport, care and rural broadband connectivity. This will involve co-ordination … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges that work is underway across government to identify and address labour market barriers, including transport, and states they are working with employers to connect jobseekers with jobs, including green jobs.
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36 Recommendation Acknowledged
Third Report - Green Jobs
The Government’s green jobs and just transition delivery plans should include analysis of the enabling...
The Government’s green jobs and just transition delivery plans should include analysis of the enabling infrastructure needed for people to access new green jobs, and allocate actions to the departments with responsibilities over this infrastructure.
Government Response
The government acknowledges that work is underway across government to identify and address labour market barriers, including transport, and states they are working with employers to connect jobseekers with jobs, including green jobs.
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Government Response AI assessment · 38 of 27 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 5
Acknowledged 7
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 7
Rejected 3
Total 27 recs + 11 conclusions
Correspondence 4 letters
23 Feb 2022 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change (BEIS) to the Chair, responding to the Committee’s 19 January 2022 letter on Green Jobs, dated 7 February 2022
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20 Jan 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, concerning the Government's response to the Committee’s report on Green Jobs, dated 19 January 2022
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9 Sep 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, relating to the publication of the Green Jobs Taskforce’s Report, dated 14 July 2021
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26 Nov 2020 Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relating to the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, 19.11.2020
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