Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 21538

Computers and Electronic Equipment: Vacancies

Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic & Labour PartyFoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the reasons for a decrease in the number of jobs filled in (a) electronic manufacturing and (b) the computer digital sector in 2022-2023.

Answer

Feryal Clark
The digital sector is of vital importance to the UK economy, and overall employment in the sector has increased between 2022-2023. DSIT continues to analyse trends in employment in the sector. The government is committed to growing the pipeline of skilled...

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