Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published by her Department on 19 May 2023, when she plans to launch the Skills Dashboard.

The department is developing a Skills Dashboard in 2023 to support the National Science and Technology Council to understand the supply and demand of science and technology skills. This will be focusing on priority technologies, including semi-conductors. The data supporting the dashboard is being developed and the dashboard is on course to be released this year.