Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that tertiary and technical education providers work with businesses to meet local skills needs.

Tabled: 5 December 2023Answered: 11 December 2023

Asked by

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

Since I became Chancellor, our economy has grown by 2.3%—the fastest growth among European G7 economies in that period. Over that time, we have progressed our strategy for stronger and more secure growth through fiscal stability by bringing in an additional £120 billion in public investment, by crowding in private investment through the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank, because I changed our fiscal rules; and by removing structural barriers to growth, including through big reforms to our planning and pensions systems and through progress on reducing regulatory burdens, particularly on smaller businesses.