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 ...