Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 102002

Housing and Infrastructure: Construction

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

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

Chris McDonald

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 ...

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