Question follow-through · 4313

Construction: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support skills development in retrofit and traditional construction methods, including heritage crafts such as stonemasonry.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support skills development in retrofit and traditional construction methods, including heritage crafts such as stonemasonry.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    On 20 May, we published the Post-16 Pathways Implementation plan, setting out our plan for post-16 technical and vocational qualifications. It sets out that we are exploring options with the sector for introducing an Occupational Certificate in stonemason...

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