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Parliamentary Debates
Oral Answers to Questions
155 speeches (10,285 words)
Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) The original Act—the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019—stresses the need for - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
154 speeches (10,207 words)
Thursday 27th February 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) There is a legal duty to do so under the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019. - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Estimate memoranda - Parliamentary Works Grant Main Estimate 2025-26

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: to the House of Commons pursuant to paragraph 3 (7) of Schedule 4 of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act

Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Estimate memoranda - Parliamentary Works Grant Vote on Account 2025-26

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: Grant Presented to the House of Commons pursuant to section 9 of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Report - Parliamentary Works Grant: Main Estimate for 2025–26: Comments from the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission and the Treasury

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: Commission The Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission is established under the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act

Friday 16th May 2025
Estimate memoranda - Memorandum to the Parliamentary Works Grant - Main Estimate for 2025/26

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: Main Estimate memorandum for Parliamentary Works Grant 1 Overview 1.1 Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act

Friday 16th May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Corporate Officers to PWEC, regarding the Phase One Cost Assessment, dated 7.04.25

Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: The Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019, as amended, requires us as Corporate

Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-07 16:10:00+01:00

Parliamentary Works Grant Main Estimate 2025/26 - Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission Committee

Found: There are some provisions already within the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act,



Written Answers
Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
Asked by: Lord Freyberg (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Monday 7th July 2025

Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps he will take to ensure that there is an adequate pipeline of traditional craft and conservation skills in the workforce for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster.

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble

The Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019 states that the Corporate Officers must have regard to the need to ensure that opportunities to secure economic or other benefits of the works are available in all areas of the UK. Those responsible for running the R&R Programme are committed to delivering benefits for small and medium enterprises all over the country, for example by creating apprenticeships and skills and training opportunities.

Over 100 organisations and businesses, including many heritage organisations, have attended 13 R&R supplier engagement roundtables held across every UK nation and region of England. Engagement with these heritage organisations has helped to generate a relevant understanding of, and a diverse insight into, the current and future challenges associated with the conservation, rehabilitation and development of heritage buildings.

The R&R Delivery Authority has formed a London heritage skills network comprising heritage organisations, further education providers, and training bodies, which will feed into a new national heritage skills network as supported by Historic England. The network aims to establish a ‘pipeline of work’ model to help the supply chain and training providers understand the future requirements and demand for traditional skills across different organisations and projects, including R&R.

The R&R Programme has also developed and launched a procurement system, in collaboration with Parliament’s heritage team, that enables conservation specialists across the nation to bid for contracts to work on heritage collection objects in the Palace.

To mitigate against the existing skills challenges, the R&R Delivery Authority understands the importance of targeting the recruitment of apprentices and trainees into roles where there are known skills shortages. The R&R Delivery Authority is currently exploring implementing a shared apprenticeship scheme across heritage client organisations. This scheme is intended to provide small and medium enterprises who may otherwise lack a breadth of work or planned projects the opportunity to engage in the upskilling of an apprentice without the need to commit to the full duration of the programme.