Lord Best

The £625 million Construction Skills Package investment is expected to deliver up to 60,000 additional skilled construction workers, supporting a sustainable talent pipeline across the sector. This includes increased teaching provision, improved teaching quality through ten Construction Technical Excellence Colleges (C‑TECs), teacher industry exchange programmes, and expanded on-site experience for learners. A new foundation apprenticeship will provide a clear entry route into the sector, alongside existing apprenticeships, and supported by close collaboration with industry and targeted incentives for employers.

Alongside these entry and intermediate routes, professional and technical built environment skills are primarily supported through the wider higher and technical education system. Higher and degree apprenticeships at Levels 4–6 play a key role supporting progression into key occupations such as Construction Site Supervisor (Level 4), Town Planning Assistant (Level 4), Chartered Surveyor (Level 6), Construction Site Manager (Level 6), and Architectural Assistant (Level 6).

Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) further strengthen this pathway, sitting between A levels and degrees. Developed in collaboration with employers, HTQs are designed to align with industry needs and provide clear, high-quality classroom-based routes into skilled roles in the built environment sector. These includes qualifications such as Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) in Architectural Technology and Foundation Degrees in Construction Management.

The Government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next 5 years including those to meet the needs of older people.

This Government is committed to ensuring that new housing meets the needs of people in a local area, including older people, and these needs should be taken into account when local plans are made. The Government is carefully considering responses to the recent consultation on proposed updates to the National Planning Policy Framework, and intends to issue its response before the end of the year, alongside a revised National Planning Policy Framework.

The Government will set out plans for housing with care and support in due course.

We will provide an update in relation to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report in due course.

The Government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next 5 years including those to meet the needs of older people.

This Government is committed to ensuring that new housing meets the needs of people in a local area, including older people, and these needs should be taken into account when local plans are made. The Government is carefully considering responses to the recent consultation on proposed updates to the National Planning Policy Framework, and intends to issue its response before the end of the year, alongside a revised National Planning Policy Framework.

The Government will set out plans for housing with care and support in due course.

We will provide an update in relation to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report in due course.

The Government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next 5 years including those to meet the needs of older people.

This Government is committed to ensuring that new housing meets the needs of people in a local area, including older people, and these needs should be taken into account when local plans are made. The Government is carefully considering responses to the recent consultation on proposed updates to the National Planning Policy Framework, and intends to issue its response before the end of the year, alongside a revised National Planning Policy Framework.

The Government will set out plans for housing with care and support in due course.

We will provide an update in relation to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report in due course.

The Government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes over the next 5 years including those to meet the needs of older people.

This Government is committed to ensuring that new housing meets the needs of people in a local area, including older people, and these needs should be taken into account when local plans are made. The Government is carefully considering responses to the recent consultation on proposed updates to the National Planning Policy Framework, and intends to issue its response before the end of the year, alongside a revised National Planning Policy Framework.

The Government will set out plans for housing with care and support in due course.

We will provide an update in relation to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report in due course.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions under the Vagrancy Act 1824 at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The attached table provide the number of prosecutions and convictions by Police Force Area from 2021 to 2024 (latest available data) for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824.