Question follow-through · 25967

Construction: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's polices of the Construction Industry Training Board's decision to end the use of Construction Skills Certification Schem

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
24 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's polices of the Construction Industry Training Board's decision to end the use of Construction Skills Certification Schem

  2. 24 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Construction Skills Certification Scheme Limited is the organisation responsible for providing cards to individuals working on construction sites. The Construction Industry Training Board has not ended the use of Construction Skills Certification Scheme (...

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