Construction: Industry
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the construction industry.
Answered by Chris McDonald
We work in partnership with the Construction Leadership Council, which I co-chair.
The Planning and Infrastructure Act will speed up and streamline delivery of new homes and infrastructure, we are investing £39 billion over ten years through the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, and our New Homes Accelerator is accelerating delivery of housing sites – speeding up building of almost 100,000 homes across England.
Our 10-year Industrial Strategy recognises construction as a priority, backing faster planning and offsite manufacturing, and we are providing £625 million to tackle construction skills shortages by training up to 60,000 more workers.
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