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Sector Skills Agreement

This section contains research documents relating to the Sector Skills Agreement for the UK.

The Sector Skills Agreement is a contract between employers, government and partners, which aims to improve the performance and productivity of the sector. It is a five stage process, and its initial stages involved the largest labour market study into the sector for three decades, with over 5,000 businesses contributing.

The first stage of the process was to identify the skills and labour needs of the sector, and the second stage was to evaluate the supply of learning across the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries in the UK.

Full outlines and executive summaries of the findings from both stages are available below.

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  • 24 June 2006

    Stage 2: Supply of Learning - Executive Summary

    This is the executive summary for the Stage 2 report. It presents all key findings on the supply of learning for the UK in a 20-page document.

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  • 30 March 2006

    Stage 1: Skill Needs Assessment - Executive summary

    The Executive Summary highlights the key findings from the Skill Needs Assessment. It covers the productivity challenges facing the sector as well as an analysis of it's current and future skill needs.

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  • 30 March 2006

    Stage 1: Skill Needs Assessment - Shortened Version

    This is a shortened version of the Skill Needs Assessment findings. It is more detailed than the Executive Summary, but for those looking for a quicker overview than the full report.

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  • 29 March 2006

    Stage 1: Skill Needs Assessment

    The Skill Needs Assessment is the largest review of the current and future skill needs of the sector's workforce for over 20 years. This document is the full 150-page report for the UK.

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  • 24 June 2006

    Stage 2: Supply of Learning

    This is the full 650-page report looking at the supply of learning across the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sector. It examines the impact different entry routes into the sector are having on its skills and labour needs, and the extent to which employers are training their staff and working with learning providers to tackle skills gaps.

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