Peter Skyte is so right (The demand for skills should not be demand-led, peterskyte.computing.co.uk).

Even the CBI argues that there is a chronic shortage of skilled IT workers, and that it is damaging the industry and productivity.

This is contained in the CBI's survey of more than 700 UK companies across all industries.

It warns that six out of 10 employers are having difficulty recruiting graduates for technical positions such as IT, and that the falling number of graduates with science, technology,  engineering and maths
qualifications is fuelling a skills shortage.

The CBI says larger firms are increasingly looking to India, China and eastern  Europe to bridge the shortfall in UK skills. Meanwhile, the research also showed that more than half of  employers are concerned about their staff's inability to use computers.

Tony Burke, Unite