Select Committee on Digital Skills - Report of Session 2014–15

Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/digital-skills-committee and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

**	Jessica Bland, Senior Researcher in Technology Futures, Nesta	QQ 1–14
**	Oliver Quinlan, Programme Manager, Digital Education, Nesta
*	Martin Wolf, Economics Journalist, Financial Times
*	Professor Phillip Brown, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University	QQ 15–25
*	Professor Alan Manning, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
*	Professor Judy Wajcman, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics
*	Professor Nick Bostrom, Director, Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, University of Oxford	QQ 26–39
*	Michael Gleaves, Head of Business Development, The Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council
**	Kevin Baughan, Director, Technology and Innovation, Innovate UK (formerly known as the Technology Strategy Board)
*	Mike Warriner, UK Director of Engineering, Google	QQ 40–52
**	Hugh Milward, Director of Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
**	Chris Mairs CBE, Chair, UK Forum for Computing Education and Chief Scientist Metaswitch Networks
*	Guy Levin, Executive Director, Coalition for a Digital Economy	QQ 53–65
**	David Pollard, Chairman for Education, Skills and Business Support, Federation of Small Businesses
*	Antony Walker, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, techUK
*	Marcus Mason, Policy Manager, Employment and Skills, British Chambers of Commerce	QQ 66–75
*	Angela Morrison, Chief Information Officer, Direct Line Group
*	Paul Willmott, Director, McKinsey & Company
*	Dominic Field, Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group	QQ 76–86
**	Sean Williams, Group Director Strategy, Policy and Portfolio, BT
**	Daniel Butler, Head of Public Affairs, Virgin Media
**	David Hughes, Chief Executive, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education	QQ 87–102
**	Professor Martin Weller, Professor of Educational Technology, Open University
*	Professor Patrick Barwise, Chairman, Which? and Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing, London Business School (speaking as an independent academic)	QQ 103–112
**	Phil Fearnley, Director, BBC Homepage and myBBC, BBC
*	James Thickett, Director of Nations and Market Development, Ofcom
**	Helen Milner, Chief Executive, Tinder Foundation
**	Rachel Neaman, Chief Executive Officer, Go ON UK	QQ 113–128
*	Karen Price OBE, on behalf of the Tech Partnership (Chief Executive, e-skills UK)
**	Maggie Philbin, Chair, UK Digital Skills Taskforce and CEO, TeenTech CIC
*	Lucy Hastings, Programme Director for Strategy, Age UK	QQ 129–142
*	Clare Sutcliffe, Co-founder and CEO, Code Club
**	Iain Wood, Public Affairs Manager, TalkTalk
*	Mary Payne, Chief Executive Officer, UCanDoIT
**	Dr Bill Mitchell, BCS Director, Academy of Computing, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT	QQ 143–157
**	Professor Simon Peyton Jones, Chair, Computing At Schools
**	Charlie Taylor, Chief Executive, National College for Teaching and Leadership
*	Sir Andrew Carter, Head Teacher, South Farnham School
*	Miles Berry, Principal Lecturer, Computing Education, University of Roehampton	QQ 158–172
**	Paul Hynes, Vice Principal, George Spencer Academy
*	Jack Evans, Specialist Support Teacher (Computing and DT Co-ordinator), Kingsmead Primary School
*	Mark Chambers, Chief Executive Officer, Naace
*	Stephanie Daman, CEO, Cyber Security Challenge	QQ 173–191
*	Nick Coleman, Global Head of Security Intelligence, IBM Services
**	Hugh Boyes, Cyber Security Lead, The Institution of Engineering and Technology
*	Angela Harrington, Head of Regeneration, Manchester City Council	QQ 192–204
**	Gary Warke, Board Member and Business Development Board Member, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership
**	Gerard Grech, Chief Executive Officer, Tech City UK
**	Dinah Caine, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries)	QQ 205–209
**	Saint John Walker, Head of Development, Creative Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries)
*	Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Director, Web Science Institute, University of Southampton	QQ 210–220
*	Baroness Shields
*	Megan Richards, Principal Adviser, DG CONNECT, European Commission	QQ 221–231
**	Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Adviser on Education Policy to the Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (via video link)
**	Chris Jones, Chief Executive Officer, City & Guilds	QQ 232–249
*	Martin Hottass, Manager, Skills & Siemens Professional Education, Siemens
*	Sue Husband, Director, Apprenticeships and Delivery Service, Skills Funding Agency
**	Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills and Equalities, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education	QQ 250–264
**	Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

*	Age UK (QQ 129–142)
	Andrew WS Ainger	DSC0015
	Sanjeev Appicharla	DSC0042 DSC0081
	Apps for Good	DSC0080
	Association for Learning Technology	DSC0057
	The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment	DSC0086
	Association of Information Technology in Teacher Education	DSC0050
	Barclays Bank	DSC0047
*	Professor Patrick Barwise (QQ 103–112)
	Bath Spa University	DSC0004
**	BBC (QQ 103–112)	DSC0112
**	BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (QQ 143–157)	DSC0051 DSC0110
*	Miles Berry (QQ 158–172)
*	Boston Consulting Group (QQ 76–86)
*	Professor Nick Bostrom (QQ 26–39)
	Dr Jo Briggs	DSC0083
	Bristol City Council	DSC0126
	British and Irish Association of Law Librarians	DSC0020
*	British Chambers of Commerce (QQ 66–75)
	British Sky Broadcasting	DSC0036
	Broadway Academy	DSC0059
*	Professor Phillip Brown (QQ 15–25)
**	BT (QQ 76–86)	DSC0091 DSC0104
	David Chan	DSC0007
	Channel 4	DSC0099
	Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals	DSC0045
	The Chartered Institute of Marketing	DSC0076
	Chartered Institute of Public Relations Social Media Panel	DSC0094
	David Chassels	DSC0061
	Citizens Online	DSC0005
**	City & Guilds (QQ 232–249)	DSC0044
	City of London Corporation	DSC0090
*	Coalition for a Digital Economy (QQ 53–65)
*	Code Club (QQ 129–142)
	Communications Consumer Panel	DSC0068
	CompTIA	DSC0082
**	Computing At Schools (QQ 143–157)	DSC0110
	Confederation of British Industry	DSC0074
	Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership	DSC0054
**	Creative Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries) (QQ 205–209)	DSC0095 DSC0116
	Adam Crymble	DSC0021
*	Cyber Security Challenge (QQ 173–191)
	Professor Leela Damadoran	DSC0093
	Digital Youth Academy	DSC0029
*	Direct Line Group (QQ 66–75)
	Dynamo North East	DSC0107
	EE	DSC0026
	e-learning Foundation	DSC0001
	Elix-IRR	DSC0046
	The European Azerbaijan Society	DSC0038
*	European Commission (QQ 221–231)
**	Federation of Small Businesses (QQ 53–65)	DSC0103
	Bernadette Fishpool	DSC0025
	Frog Education	DSC0071
**	George Spencer Academy (QQ 158–172)	DSC0127
	Martin Goodyear	DSC0089
*	Google (QQ 40–53)
**	Go ON UK (QQ 113–128)	DSC0079
*	Professor Dame Wendy Hall (QQ 210–220)
	Tony Harper	DSC0075
*	The Hartree Centre (QQ 26–39)
	Heart of Worcestershire College	DSC0018
	Here East	DSC0048
**	HM Government (QQ 250–264)	DSC0084 DSC0121
	Professor Tim Hitchcock	DSC0021
**	Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (QQ 192–204)	DSC0060
*	IBM Services (QQ 173–191)
	Imperial College London	DSC0122
**	Innovate UK (formerly known as the Technology Strategy Board) (QQ 26–39)	DSC0070
**	The Institution of Engineering and Technology (QQ 173–191)	DSC0049
	iRights	DSC0108
*	Kingsmead Primary School (QQ 158–173)
	The Knowledge Transfer Network	DSC0056
	learndirect	DSC0066
	London Borough of Camden	DSC0058
	David Longman	DSC0053
	Makers Academy	DSC0119
	Management Consultancies Association	DSC0040
*	Manchester City Council (QQ 192–204)
*	Professor Alan Manning (QQ 15–25)
	McAfee	DSC0022
*	McKinsey & Company (QQ 66–75)
**	Microsoft (QQ 40–52)	DSC0006
*	Naace (QQ 158–172)
**	National College for Teaching and Leadership (QQ 143–157)	DSC0013
**	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (QQ 87–102)	DSC0088
	National Library of Wales	DSC0117
**	Nesta (QQ 1–14)	DSC0003
	NMI Systems & Software Leaders Network	DSC0062
	Northern Ireland Government	DSC0125
*	Ofcom (QQ 103–112)
	Wendy Olphert	DSC0093
	The One Voice for Accessible ICT Coalition	DSC0033
**	The Open University (QQ 87–102)	DSC0065
**	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (QQ 221–231)	DSC0016 DSC0120
	Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations	DSC0014
	Pera Training	DSC0029
	Dr Lisa Payne	DSC0031
	Promontory Financial Group	DSC0087
	Prospect	DSC0064
	QA Limited	DSC0069
	Recruitment & Employment Confederation	DSC0035
	Research Councils UK	DSC0055
	The Royal Society of Edinburgh	DSC0030
	Samsung Electronics UK	DSC0092
	Jatinder Sandhu	DSC0093
	Science Council	DSC0096
	Fiona Scott Lazareff	DSC0028
	Scottish Government	DSC0128
*	Baroness Shields (QQ 210–220)
*	Siemens (QQ 232–249)
*	Skills Funding Agency (QQ 232–249)
	Social Security Advisory Committee	DSC0043
	Solace and Leeds City Council	DSC0124
*	South Farnham School (QQ 143–157)
	Sunderland Software City	DSC0063
	Tablets for Schools	DSC0118
**	TalkTalk (QQ 129–142)	DSC0105
	Tata Consultancy Services	DSC0106
**	Tech City UK (QQ 192–204)	DSC0115
*	Tech Partnership (QQ 113–128)
*	techUK (QQ 53–65)
**	Tinder Foundation (QQ 103–112)	DSC0077
	Trustworthy Software Initiative	DSC0024
	Professor John Vivian Tucker	DSC0023
*	UCanDoIT (QQ 129–142)
	UK Computing Research Committee	DSC0011
	UK Council for e-Business	DSC0102
**	UK Digital Skills Taskforce and TeenTech CIC (QQ 113–128)	DSC0101 DSC0111
**	UK Forum for Computing Education (QQ 40–52)	DSC0078
	UK Music	DSC0097
	Professor Tony Venables	DSC0114
**	Virgin Media (QQ 76–86)	DSC0100
	Philip Virgo	DSC0034
	Virtual College	DSC0039
*	Professor Judy Wajcman (QQ 15–25)
	Dr Victoria Wang	DSC0023
	Welsh Government	DSC0123
	Janet Anne West	DSC0109
	Wikimedia UK	DSC0027
	Dr Jane Winters	DSC0021
*	Martin Wolf (QQ 1–14)

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