United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97741
Job Creation and Labour Market: ICT
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30 September 2020
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9 October 2020 · Answer
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9 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) medium and (b) long-term effect of automation on (i) the labour market and (ii) new job creation.
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30 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) medium and (b) long-term effect of automation on (i) the labour market and (ii) new job creation.
Source: Commons
9 October 2020
Answer
The Government is continuing to monitor the impact of automation on the labour market. The World Economic Forum estimate that robots will replace 75 million jobs globally between 2018 and 2022 but create 133 million new ones – a “net positive”. We are com...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-30/97741
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1239343
- uk · wq-1239343 · source updated 9 October 2020