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Employment: Artificial Intelligence and Offshoring

Commons · Question 76751 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

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Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that vocational and adult education programmes are aligned with employment opportunities that are less vulnerable to (a) offshoring and (b) becoming replaced by

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Answered by Andrew Western, 14 Oct 2025

The government is developing a comprehensive strategy for post‐16 education and skills to break down barriers to opportunity and support the development of a skilled workforce in England. This is backed by additional investment, as announced in the Spendi...