Industrial Strategy Advisory Council

Questions from the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council:

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Employer investment in skills What factors are driving the reduction in employer investment in skills training in the UK, and what policies could help to reverse this? What lessons can we draw from differences in these trends across the Industrial Strategy sectors and among firms within them, and what additional insights emerge when comparing UK patterns with international counterparts? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Employer investment in skills What works in driving greater employer engagement with the skills system? What lessons can be learnt from international best practice? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Skills needs What is the optimal balance between UK‑wide skills standards and classification systems, and local or regional delivery of training by devolved authorities and employers to ensure provision meets local labour market needs? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Skills needs What are the crucial skills and qualification pathways to deliver these skills? How long do they take to develop? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Skills needs Which occupations and skills are crucial to the competitiveness and expansion of the IS-8 sectors and frontier industries at a regional and sub-sector level? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Skills needs What are the skills needed to facilitate the expansion of Industrial Strategy sectors and development of world-leading frontier industries? How do these needs vary across local labour markets? How may these evolve with technological developments, such as AI? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Increasing labour market dynamism What would be the economic and social implications of a large‑scale reallocation of workers into higher‑productivity sectors, including impacts on wages, regional disparities, skills demand and potential transition costs? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Increasing labour market dynamism Which national and local policy levers can most effectively increase labour market dynamism within and between the Industrial Strategy sectors? How could policy be designed to bring those not in the labour market into these sectors? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Increasing labour market dynamism What factors have contributed to the decline in people moving between jobs in the UK and other advanced economies? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Increasing labour market dynamism How can industrial policy support a more dynamic labour market that shifts workers into higher paying, higher productivity roles in the Industrial Strategy sectors and frontier industries? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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R&D investment How can government investment in R&D be delivered to build upon local strengths and maximise local spillovers? What complementary policies need to be in place for this to happen? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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R&D investment How can government investment in major R&D infrastructure most effectively encourage private investment? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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R&D investment How can industrial policy strengthen coordination and spillovers across government investments in infrastructure and R&D to stimulate private sector activity and support productivity growth in different types of places across the UK? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Culture of learning How can independent institutions, such as the ISAC, promote and embed a culture of learning and adaptation in policy making? Based on historical and international experience, what are the crucial features of successful pro-growth institutions? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Culture of learning How can evaluation strategies be built into policy implementation? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Culture of learning How can data gathering and design features be built into the design of interventions to make it easier to measure the impact of policies and adjust them if they are failing to meet their intended goals? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Culture of learning How can a culture and practice of effective evaluation, learning and adaptation, be developed across government to drive agile policy making and ensure the effectiveness of the Industrial Strategy interventions? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Monitoring How can the theory of change, called the impact pathway in the Industrial Strategy technical annex, be refined to support strategic decision-making, policy coordination and guide investment in longer term data requirements for monitoring and evaluation? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Monitoring What counterfactual methods could be applied to infer causal relationships for observed trends? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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Monitoring What are the most important and appropriate economic outcomes to measure at the sectoral level to signal whether the Industrial Strategy and Sector Plans are on track? Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, 2026
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