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UK Commission for Employment and Skills

The Role of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills Mark Spilsbury Chief Economist UK Commission of Employment and Skills 23 rd January, 2009. UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Background: the Leitch Review of Skills (2006) vision and ambition of World Class Skills and Employment

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UK Commission for Employment and Skills

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  1. The Role of the UK Commission for Employment and SkillsMark Spilsbury Chief EconomistUK Commissionof Employment and Skills23rd January, 2009

  2. UK Commission for Employment and Skills • Background: • the Leitch Review of Skills (2006) • vision and ambition of World Class Skills and Employment • employer leadership and influence • Purpose: • to strengthen the employer voice, deliver greater leadership and influence and to achieve the best from the employment and skills systems

  3. UK USA EU UK Jobs and Productivity:An International Challenge … • Prosperity depends on jobs and productivity – and both those on skills • Employment – 8th out of 30 in OECD • Productivity – 15th out of 30 in OECD

  4. … and improvements are too slow • UK Position: • 15th in OECD for ‘older workers’ • 22nd in OECD for ‘younger workers’ Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2007, Table A1.2a

  5. … and also at tertiary level too • UK Position: • 12th in OECD for ‘older workers’ • 17th in OECD for ‘younger workers’ Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2007. Table A1.3a

  6. Skills Ambition • 95% of adults to have functional literacy and numeracy; • exceeding 90% of population qualified to Level 2; • shifting the balance of intermediate skills from L2 to L3; • world class high skills, exceeding 40% of the adult population qualified to L4 and above.

  7. Skills of the UK adult workforce: 1990-2020 33% with high skills 28% with very low skills Source: DfEE/DfES, Labour Force Survey, 1990-2005; Leitch, Prosperity for all in the Global Economy, 2006

  8. UKCES Organisational Structure

  9. UK Commission for Employment and Skills Key Advisory Roles: • “assess progress towards making the UK a World Class Leader in employment and skills by 2020”; • “develop an independent view of how employment and skills services can be improved to achieve increased employment retention and progression, skills and productivity”; • “provide advice to inform strategic policy development, analysis and exchange of good practice to drive and shape the skills and employment system to meet the needs of employers and individuals”; • “promote employer investment in people and the better use of skills”; • “express its advice and recommendations to the highest levels of governments in the UK”; • “work effectively across the 4 nations”

  10. UKCES Work Programme: 2008-09

  11. The Commission’s Overall LMI Role • LMI is a key part of the Commission’s underpinning research and policy programme ‘Having a high quality evidence base, particularly in relation to labour market information, which should underpin and inform employment and skills policy, will be essential for the Commission’s long-term credibility’ (UK Commission Business Plan, 2008/2009)

  12. The Importance of LMI • Improving the quality of LMI available in the UK is important… • externally - to ensure partners have top quality information to inform policy deliberations and to avoid duplication • internally - so the UK Commission can fulfil its own monitoring and advisory functions effectively • BUT long-term problems in the UK with LMI mean this is a big challenge

  13. Key LMI Activities 2008/2009 • SSC Specific • development of a new Common Framework for sectoral LMI • SSC Standard • General LMI Products • launch of new LMI portal on the Commission’s website - see: http://www.ukces.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=754 • production of updated Working Futures • development of a prototype of a new web-based LMI resource - the Employment and Skills Almanac • commissioning of two LMI thinkpieces and workshops tackling crucial issues on the current state of LMI

  14. LMI activities: longer term The UK Commission has been asked to take a leading role in LMI, and in the longer term will consider… • how to embed the principles set out in the Common LMI Framework for SSCs more widely across the UK skills and employment system • how to better co-ordinate partners - e.g. through possible establishment of a UK-wide LMI Forum to improve the quality of LMI and analysis across the UK • taking forward key recommendations to improve LMI resources …working with partners will be essential

  15. UKCES additional responsibilities? • Pre-Budget Report: ‘the UKCES will be the centre of excellence for LMI, skills analysis and prioritising the skills needed for the future’ • Select Committee Report.

  16. The Role of the UK Commission for Employment and SkillsMark Spilsbury Chief EconomistUK Commissionof Employment and Skills23rd January, 2009

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