SCC - WH - RFQ - Surrey Skills Provision Audit

In December 2020, Surrey County Council agreed a new Economic Strategy Statement, titled Surrey's Economic Future (Annex 1). This document looks to 2030 and sets out some of the economic challenges and opportunities for the County. Through the strategy there is recognition that whilst Surrey is a key contributor to the overall UK economy, generating annual output of over £43 billion, there is no room for complacency.

The Plan for Growth document, developed by the One Surrey Growth Board, identifies several challenges which face the Surrey economy to address the productivity challenge. Skills and employment are at the heart of this strategy and one of the key priorities is to maximising opportunity within a balanced, and inclusive economy. This includes the need to grow a pipeline of workforce skills, that is better aligned to the demands of growth sector employers; and to enable inclusive access to the local skills system, in particular by those who face disadvantage, so they gain, progress, and sustain employment in the local economy.