§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to assess specific skills shortages in information technology. [16407]
§ Mr. PaiceThe annual skill needs in Britain survey, commissioned by the Department, collects information on the number of hard-to-fill vacancies across all occupations and on employers' views on the types of skills among their existing employees that need improving. The information technology industrial training organisation regularly carries out surveys of more specific skill shortages in information technology.