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1109024

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Automation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Office for National Statistics analysis of the occupations at highest risk of being automated.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, alongside measures to ensure our people are equipped to capitalise on those opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the 1.5 million jobs identified by Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be transformed, rather than destroyed. Automation can have beneficial impacts for the existing workforce; enabling workers to upskill, achieve better-quality work and become more productive. The ONS estimate also overlooks the considerable opportunity for creation of new, highly-skilled employment opportunities. World Economic Forum estimate that robots will displace 75 million jobs globally by 2022, but create 133 million new ones.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensure that the labour market continues to work for everyone. That is why we are improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. Through the Industrial Strategy we have delivered:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places;</li><li>Invested £406m in maths, digital and technical education; and</li><li>Committed £100m for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The apprenticeships programme delivers upskilling and retraining throughout the economy. Since 2010, 45% of the apprenticeship starts have been by over-25s; two thirds of those have been at higher levels, and 84 per cent of over-25 apprentices were already working for their employer prior to starting the apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, the Government published the <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fbeis%2F278%2FSitePages%2FPeople.aspx%23goodwork&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHelen.Delima%40beis.gov.uk%7C6be1eaf911c74b93d09008d6b2b8a7cc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636892903483450425&amp;sdata=xzkgOjoXVLKiI7svhRKIWxJts3TFxeNuRWMFpBE5yns%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Good Work Plan​</a>, which commits to a wide range of policy and legislative changes to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity they need to understand their employment relationships, and that the enforcement system is fair and fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a strategy later in the Spring that sets out its vision and action to promote gender equality and economic empowerment. Supporting working mothers and promoting increased flexible working will be core to this.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 240042 240043 240044 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109025

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Automation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to ensure workers whose jobs are at risk of automation are supported with training in new skills to find new work.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, alongside measures to ensure our people are equipped to capitalise on those opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the 1.5 million jobs identified by Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be transformed, rather than destroyed. Automation can have beneficial impacts for the existing workforce; enabling workers to upskill, achieve better-quality work and become more productive. The ONS estimate also overlooks the considerable opportunity for creation of new, highly-skilled employment opportunities. World Economic Forum estimate that robots will displace 75 million jobs globally by 2022, but create 133 million new ones.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensure that the labour market continues to work for everyone. That is why we are improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. Through the Industrial Strategy we have delivered:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places;</li><li>Invested £406m in maths, digital and technical education; and</li><li>Committed £100m for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The apprenticeships programme delivers upskilling and retraining throughout the economy. Since 2010, 45% of the apprenticeship starts have been by over-25s; two thirds of those have been at higher levels, and 84 per cent of over-25 apprentices were already working for their employer prior to starting the apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, the Government published the <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fbeis%2F278%2FSitePages%2FPeople.aspx%23goodwork&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHelen.Delima%40beis.gov.uk%7C6be1eaf911c74b93d09008d6b2b8a7cc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636892903483450425&amp;sdata=xzkgOjoXVLKiI7svhRKIWxJts3TFxeNuRWMFpBE5yns%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Good Work Plan​</a>, which commits to a wide range of policy and legislative changes to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity they need to understand their employment relationships, and that the enforcement system is fair and fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a strategy later in the Spring that sets out its vision and action to promote gender equality and economic empowerment. Supporting working mothers and promoting increased flexible working will be core to this.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 240041 240043 240044 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109026

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Automation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the article published on 25 March 2019 by the Office of National Statistics entitled Which occupations are at highest risk of being automated?, what steps she is taking to help ensure that automation does not increase (a) gender pay inequality and (b) unemployment among women.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, alongside measures to ensure our people are equipped to capitalise on those opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the 1.5 million jobs identified by Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be transformed, rather than destroyed. Automation can have beneficial impacts for the existing workforce; enabling workers to upskill, achieve better-quality work and become more productive. The ONS estimate also overlooks the considerable opportunity for creation of new, highly-skilled employment opportunities. World Economic Forum estimate that robots will displace 75 million jobs globally by 2022, but create 133 million new ones.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensure that the labour market continues to work for everyone. That is why we are improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. Through the Industrial Strategy we have delivered:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places;</li><li>Invested £406m in maths, digital and technical education; and</li><li>Committed £100m for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The apprenticeships programme delivers upskilling and retraining throughout the economy. Since 2010, 45% of the apprenticeship starts have been by over-25s; two thirds of those have been at higher levels, and 84 per cent of over-25 apprentices were already working for their employer prior to starting the apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, the Government published the <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fbeis%2F278%2FSitePages%2FPeople.aspx%23goodwork&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHelen.Delima%40beis.gov.uk%7C6be1eaf911c74b93d09008d6b2b8a7cc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636892903483450425&amp;sdata=xzkgOjoXVLKiI7svhRKIWxJts3TFxeNuRWMFpBE5yns%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Good Work Plan​</a>, which commits to a wide range of policy and legislative changes to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity they need to understand their employment relationships, and that the enforcement system is fair and fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a strategy later in the Spring that sets out its vision and action to promote gender equality and economic empowerment. Supporting working mothers and promoting increased flexible working will be core to this.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 240041 240042 240044 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109027

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Automation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Office for National Statistics’ estimate that jobs held by people aged 20-24 are most at risk of automation, what plans he has to ensure young people are able to access employment in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, alongside measures to ensure our people are equipped to capitalise on those opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the 1.5 million jobs identified by Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be transformed, rather than destroyed. Automation can have beneficial impacts for the existing workforce; enabling workers to upskill, achieve better-quality work and become more productive. The ONS estimate also overlooks the considerable opportunity for creation of new, highly-skilled employment opportunities. World Economic Forum estimate that robots will displace 75 million jobs globally by 2022, but create 133 million new ones.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensure that the labour market continues to work for everyone. That is why we are improving the UK's system for training in digital skills and lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. Through the Industrial Strategy we have delivered:</p><p> </p><ul><li>16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>New prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent, underpinned by up to £50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget</li><li>Industry-funding for new AI Masters places;</li><li>Invested £406m in maths, digital and technical education; and</li><li>Committed £100m for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The apprenticeships programme delivers upskilling and retraining throughout the economy. Since 2010, 45% of the apprenticeship starts have been by over-25s; two thirds of those have been at higher levels, and 84 per cent of over-25 apprentices were already working for their employer prior to starting the apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, the Government published the <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2Fbeis%2F278%2FSitePages%2FPeople.aspx%23goodwork&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHelen.Delima%40beis.gov.uk%7C6be1eaf911c74b93d09008d6b2b8a7cc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636892903483450425&amp;sdata=xzkgOjoXVLKiI7svhRKIWxJts3TFxeNuRWMFpBE5yns%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Good Work Plan​</a>, which commits to a wide range of policy and legislative changes to ensure that workers can access fair and decent work, that both employers and workers have the clarity they need to understand their employment relationships, and that the enforcement system is fair and fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a strategy later in the Spring that sets out its vision and action to promote gender equality and economic empowerment. Supporting working mothers and promoting increased flexible working will be core to this.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 240041 240042 240043 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1122403

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of peer-to-peer energy sharing; and whether his Department plans to support this technology.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	246550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Innovative technologies such as peer-to-peer energy trading could provide many new opportunities and there are a number of ongoing trials in this field, some of which are supported by InnovateUK and Government innovation funding. There are over 120 future systems projects across the UK, including those as part of the newly announced Government funded ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’.</p><p> </p><p>The joint Government and Ofgem Future Energy Retail Market Review is reviewing the design of the energy retail market to promote competition and drive innovation by introducing further flexibility into the regulatory framework. This will consider the barriers preventing innovative business models entering the market, including peer-to-peer.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes