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Skilled Workers: Research

Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UIN 16497, tabled on 1 March 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what criteria she uses to assess the impact that research funding has on future skills required across the economy.

Answered on

6 March 2024

As set out in the Science and Technology Framework, the Government is committed to, and delivering on, its ambition to create an agile and responsive skills system, which delivers the skills needed to support a world-class workforce in STEM sectors and drive economic growth.

We will continue to track our progress through a range of metrics and identify new ways to evaluate and evidence the impact of our science and technology system, including the impact of research funding for skills.

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