Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential contribution of local skills improvement plans to delivering net zero by 2030.

The government recognises the importance of skills development for the delivery of net zero.

The Skills and Post-16 Education Act requires that any skills improvement plans consider the skills required for jobs that support compliance with the UK net zero emissions target. In approving the Local Skills Improvement Plan, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State is satisfied that this is the case.

The Department continues to work with other departments to ensure that the requirements of businesses and industries supporting the transition to net zero are fed into the development of Local Skills Improvement Plans.