Asked by: Lucy Frazer (Conservative - South East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the data collected by the Government for use in the LMI for All programme includes the (a) school attended, (b) A-levels studied, (c) subject taken at university, (d) name of the university, (e) apprenticeship taken, where appropriate, (f) employment subject area, (g) salary earned and (h) name of employer for the individuals recorded; and what his policy is on continuing the provision of LMI for All.
Answered by Nick Boles
LMI for All does not contain information about individual people. It is an online open source data service which brings together public labour market information from organisations such as the Office for National Statistics and the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
It has been agreed that LMI for All will transfer to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills later this year.
Asked by: Lucy Frazer (Conservative - South East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the collection and use of LMI for All data.
Answered by Nick Boles
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has consulted the Devolved Administrations and other users of labour market information on future research priorities. This identified the importance of LMI for All data, and it has been agreed that LMI for All will transfer to BIS later this year.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills tracks the use of the LMI for All service by such websites and applications. Current users of LMI for All include careers websites such as icould, SACU, RCU and Plotr. In addition, Active Informatics, and National Careers Service contractor Adviza are using LMI for All in their subscription based services offered to schools, colleges and universities. A number of government departments and agencies, including the Department for Work and Pensions, National Careers Service and Skills Development Scotland are also developing resources and tools that draw upon LMI for All. A report containing detailed case studies focusing on specific applications is currently under preparation and will be published this year.
Asked by: Lucy Frazer (Conservative - South East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what restrictions there are on who is allowed to access LMI for All data; and what assessment his Department or the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has made of how that data is being used by third parties.
Answered by Nick Boles
There are no restrictions to accessing LMI for All.The data in LMI for All is made available via an Application Programming Interface (API) for use in websites and applications. Neither the Department nor the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) evaluates or assesses the impact of third party applications and websites although UKCES tracks the use of the LMI for All service by such websites and applications. A report containing detailed case studies focusing on specific applications is currently under preparation and will be published this year.