§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps his Department is taking to improve the availability of local labour market, learning and skills information. [120484]
§ Ms JowellI am pleased to announce that we are funding an increase in the sample size of the Labour Force Survey in England of approximately 40,000 households per year to improve the availability of local labour market, learning and skills data in partnership with the Office for National Statistics. This was recommended in the second report of the Skills Taskforce and, in addition, will aid in the monitoring of adult learning targets and the monitoring of equal opportunities issues at the local level.