Transport: Skilled Workers
Commons · Question 8403 · Tabled 9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support public sector transport authorities to develop digital, data and engineering talent.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 17 Jun 2026
While local authorities are responsible for the management of talent in their own workforce, the Department for Transport made a number of commitments in our recently published Data Action Plan to support skills, culture and leadership across the transpo...