Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 101283

ICT: Training

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help improve IT skills in the next 12 months.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology will spend up to £42m across the 2026/27 financial year and £187 million over the next four years delivering the TechFirst programme. As announced by the Prime Minister in June 2025, TechFirst is desig...

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