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<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&data=02%7C01%7CHelen.Delima%40beis.gov.uk%7C6be1eaf911c74b93d09008d6b2b8a7cc%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636892903483450425&sdata=xzkgOjoXVLKiI7svhRKIWxJts3TFxeNuRWMFpBE5yns%3D&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>
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