Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a housebuilding workforce plan to help tackle skills shortages in the housebuilding sector.

Primary responsibility for the skills and workforce pipeline of any sector must sit with that sector – something that is particularly the case in a profitable sector such as housebuilding.

The Government has an extensive programme of work in augmenting skills development across multiple industries, including through the role of vocational qualifications such as T-Levels.

In May 2023, the Department for Education commissioned an independent review of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board and the Construction Industry Training Board. The review is in its concluding stages and ministers will consider the Government response to the report and publication in due course.