Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
(1) what plans he has to address the shortage of skilled workers in the digital and technology sector;
(2) what progress his Department has made on the Information Economy Strategy published in June 2013.
The Industrial Strategy One Year On Progress Report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306854/bis-14-707-industrial-strategy-progress-report.pdf published on
As a part of our work on skills we have created higher apprenticeships as an alternative to traditional graduate recruitment. In IT higher apprenticeships there have been 420 starts in 2012/13 compared with 60 starts in 2010/11. We have also created cyber security schools programmes, apprenticeships, internships, Centres for Doctoral Training and will shortly be launching a Cyber Security Massive Open Online Course.
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