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Designing a public services workforce fit for the future

Inquiry

This major inquiry, 'Designing a public services workforce fit for the future', will explore how the workforce in public services should be transformed to meet new user needs in the 21st century. It will look at the challenges faced by staff in the public sector because of user demand that is increasing and changing rapidly. Drawing on the Committee's established principles for public service reform, the inquiry will ask which innovative models have the potential to tackle those challenges, with a focus on reforming the training, planning and management of the workforce in public services.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 18 March 2022.

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Wednesday 22 June 2022
3:00pm Private
Private meeting 22 June 2022
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 18 May 2022
3:00pm Public
4:00pm Private
Designing a public services workforce fit for the future - Oral evidence 18 May 2022
3:00pm
  • Richard Lee OBE (Member at Women's Business Council, and Chief People Officer at Willmott Dixon Holdings Limited)
  • James Darley (Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Transform Society)
  • Mr Stephen Isherwood (Chief Executive Officer at Institute of Student Employers)
Room 3, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 27 April 2022
4:00pm Public
5:00pm Private
Designing a public services workforce fit for the future - Oral evidence 27 April 2022
4:00pm
  • Edward Argar (Minister of State for Health at Department of Health)
  • Tom Surrey (Director, Adult Social Care at Department of Health)
  • Gavin Larner (Director, NHS Workforce at Department of Health)
3:00pm
  • Mr Robin Walker (Minister of State for School Standards at Department for Education)
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 31 March 2022
9:00am Public
10:00am Private
Designing a public services workforce fit for the future - Oral evidence 31 March 2022
9:00am
  • James Zuccollo (Director of Schools Workforce at Education Policy Institute)
  • Robin Wilkinson (Chief of Corporate Services at Metropolitan Police)
Virtual Meeting (Webcast)

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