The Energy Security and Net Zero has opened a new inquiry on the UK workforce needed to deliver, clean secure energy.

Before the General Election the previous ESNZ Committee heard about the difficulties resourcing work across the energy sector in all its inquiries. Its new inquiry aims to:

• Explore the difficulties in recruiting and retraining the workforce to deliver a clean energy sector and retrofit homes and businesses;
• Assess how the new Office for Clean Energy jobs can contribute to workforce planning;
• Gain an understanding of the specific role of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in delivering clean energy jobs;
It has invited written evidence on topics including:
• Whether the government understands the skill needs to deliver the Clean Energy Mission by 2030 as well as decarbonise homes and businesses.
• To what extent the Clean Energy Mission and the retrofitting of homes and businesses can be carried out by the existing workforce.
• How the government can ensure that the job market in clean energy roles is sustainable enough to incentivise private sector investment in training for 2030 and beyond.
• What the new Office for Clean Energy jobs can contribute to workforce planning.

The closing date for evidence is 13 January 2025 and it can be submitted here,