BAE Systems

Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 1 November 2011.

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Photo of Jake Berry Jake Berry Conservative, Rossendale and Darwen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to assist skilled former employees of BAE Systems into employment following the recent redundancies announced by that company.

Photo of Mark Prisk Mark Prisk The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Government are working with BAE Systems to support the individuals affected by the job losses, offering them training and job search support through the Skills Funding Agency, the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service and Next Step careers advice. We are also working with the Lancashire and Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships on two potential new enterprise zones to support the local economies.

In 2010 we formed the Skills and Jobs Retention Group, led by industry, to help skilled workers find new jobs in manufacturing. The group operates a new national web based exchange, the Talent Retention Solution (TRS), across UK advanced manufacturing, engineering and construction sectors to help match skilled employees with vacancies in other industrial companies. Leading companies, trade associations, trade unions and Sector Skills Councils are all supporting the implementation of TRS. We expect several thousand vacancies to be on the system within the next two to three weeks.

The National Apprenticeship Service and the Skills Funding Agency are also working together with employers to try and find alternative placements for those apprentices at risk of redundancy.

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