Carbon Emissions and Energy: Skilled Workers
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department plans to tackle skills shortages in retrofitting and home decarbonisation.
Answered by Martin McCluskey
The Warm Homes Plan will create good jobs across the country, with 180,000 additional high-quality, well-paid, future-proofed jobs in energy efficiency and clean heating by 2030. We are investing £15 billion to upgrade up to five million homes by 2030; the biggest ever public investment to upgrade British homes. This demonstrates our commitment to ramp up retrofit delivery. Chapter Six of the plan outlines the actions that the Government will be taking to support and facilitate growth, jobs and innovation, including establishing a new Workforce Taskforce in partnership with the Trade Unions Congress.
The Plan will unlock £38 billion in total investment across the Parliament, and with additional funding for skills, innovation and UK manufacturing, we will ensure that British workers and businesses reap the benefits.
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