HMT

Questions from the HMT:

Financial Sector How can green finance and the UK financial sector support the transition to a low carbon economy and what are the risks to financial stability posed by climate change and threats to the natural world? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector How will demographic change affect the financial sector? And what impact will this have on the sectors’ resilience and ability to support the real economy? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What are the opportunities and risks posed by new technologies to the financial sector? What are the barriers to adoption of new technologies? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What are the skills needs of a successful, internationally competitive, financial sector? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What are the key economic benefits to the UK of trade agreements that cover financial services? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector How is the impact on consumers and competition of different market structures in the financial sector best measured? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What makes the UK financial services sector internationally competitive – including the role played by related professional services – and how can this be measured? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What role does regulation play in affecting the balance between financial sector size, growth and stability? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector How can the financial sector best support the real economy, both locally in the places financial firms agglomerate, but also across the country? Are there ways in which the sector’s support for the real economy could be improved? HMT, 2024

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Financial Sector What is the role of the financial sector in driving economic growth both directly and through the real economy? How has this changed over time, may change in future, and how can this be best measured? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market Why have rates of employer provided training fallen and what economic impact has this had? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market What is the role of human capital in improving growth rates? How important are different types of skills – basic, advanced and managerial, for example – on aggregate or for specific sectors or regions? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market How are resources and employment reallocated across sectors following different kinds of firm exits and what do these mechanisms mean for growth and productivity? What are the real-economy implications of company insolvencies, and what factors influence insolvency outcomes? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market What are the impacts of Automatic Enrolment on outcomes such as wage growth, business investment and other savings levels? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market How do employment costs affect employers’ decisions, including labour demand, pay and broader remuneration, and decisions on how to engage and structure their workforce? How do those effects vary, for example across firms and workers with different characteristics? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market How do financial incentives affect individual labour market decisions and how do these effects vary, for example across people with different characteristics, time and wider economic factors? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market How effective are different (actual or potential) policy interventions in increasing participation of women in the labour market and the representation of women in higher-paid occupations, sectors and levels of seniority? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market How effective are different (actual or potential) employment support policy interventions in supporting people to enter, remain and progress in work? How do those effects vary, for example across individuals with different characteristics (e.g., education, age), or across locations? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market What is the impact of employer and wider labour market regulation on productivity and economic growth? HMT, 2024

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Labour Market What is driving the rise in health-related labour market inactivity? And what policies could be used to tackle this? HMT, 2024

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