Question follow-through · 54575

Public Sector: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that infrastructure projects commissioned by public bodies prioritise local (a) employment and (b) contractors.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
19 Jun 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that infrastructure projects commissioned by public bodies prioritise local (a) employment and (b) contractors.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon Member to the National Procurement Policy Statement published by the Cabinet Office on 13 February 2025, which states that in carrying out a procurement covered by the Procurement Act 2023, a contracting authority must have regard to the i...

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