Written questions

Housing and Infrastructure: Construction

Commons · Question 102002 · Tabled 2 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the capacity of the construction industry to deliver planned housing and infrastructure projects in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 12 Jan 2026

Government is investing £625 million in construction skills over this Parliament, with the aim of delivering up to 60,000 additional skilled workers and support employers to invest in training.The industry-led Construction Skills Mission Board is working ...