It Apprenticeship Scheme
EDM number 1913 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 16/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Information technology.
That this House notes with concern the increasing trend amongst banks that have received Government funding for sourcing more of their IT jobs overseas; expresses regret at the detrimental effect this is having on the UK skills base and the ability of new graduates to gain experience in the industry; calls on the Government to conduct a cost benefit study on the tax payers' interest as opposed to the short-term commercial advantage; further calls on the Government to introduce an IT apprenticeship scheme whereby graduates are supplied on a one year contract to Government projects to provide them with greater employment experience so that they can then be placed in the industry; and believes this would provide a long-term, repeatable, and sustainable mechanism to support the IT industry with skilled staff at a time when recovering companies are in need of a pool of IT expertise.
This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.
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