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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Technology: Employment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of jobs which will be displaced by technological change in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years. more like this
tabling member constituency Vauxhall more like this
tabling member printed
Kate Hoey more like this
uin 213000 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>The changing technological landscape is not expected to have a negative net impact on employment growth in the wider economy over the next five to 10 years. It is difficult to reliably estimate the number of jobs which could be displaced by technological change. New technology opens up new job opportunities, the Warwick University Working Futures projections, based on past trends, indicate 1.9 million additional jobs growth for the whole economy and a greater than 20% increase in jobs in Information Technology sectors between 2012 and 2022<sup> [1]</sup>. Through initiatives like the Your Life campaign, we are ensuring the supply of future talent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298510/working-futures-2012-2022-main-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298510/working-futures-2012-2022-main-report.pdf</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T14:06:56.819889Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T14:06:56.819889Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
210
label Biography information for Baroness Hoey more like this