Space Industry Skills Gap

Part of Science, Innovation and Technology – in the House of Commons am ar 21 Chwefror 2024.

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Photo of George Freeman George Freeman Ceidwadwyr, Mid Norfolk

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his answer and for his work on this. He knows, as I do, that the innovation economy in this country is creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Indeed, 500,000 are forecast over the next 10 years in space, agritech, cleantech engineering and bio, in clusters all around the country, as the recent cluster map showed. Will he ensure that the excellent Department for Education future skills unit liaises closely with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology cluster team to make sure that we are properly building the job creation plans into the local skills improvement plans on the ground?