Question follow-through · 32707
Chemistry: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal Society of Chemistry entitled Future workforce and educational pathways, published in January 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Royal Society of Chemistry entitled Future workforce and educational pathways, published in January 2025.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2025
Answer published
The department is aware of the report and we recognise the importance of skills in all sectors, including the chemical sector, which is why the government is developing a comprehensive strategy for post‐16 education and skills, to break down barriers to o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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