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Government Delivery Index - Improving Public Services - Skills in Britain's Workforce

Government Delivery Index - Improving Public Services - Skills in Britain's Workforce

Q Thinking about Skills in Britain's workforce over the next few years do you expect them to ...?

16 September 2008

Q Thinking about Skills in Britain's workforce over the next few years do you expect them to ... ?

	Get much better	Get better	Stay the same	Get worse	Get much worse	Don't know	Better	Worse	Net better
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	±%
31 August - 2 September 2007	3	23	38	26	6	4	26	32	-6
7-9 March 2008	4	24	34	24	8	6	28	32	-4
12-14 September 2008	2	20	37	32	6	3	22	38	-16

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