Construction Skills

Part of 4. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 4:15 pm on 14 March 2023.

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Photo of Tom Giffard Tom Giffard Conservative 4:15, 14 March 2023

And to build on the point that Huw Irranca-Davies made there: obviously, the construction sector is an incredibly important sector for our economy and for our young people to engage with, as Huw Irranca-Davies correctly identified.

The Construction Industry Training Board have said that over 9,000 extra workers will be required just to meet construction demand in Wales by 2027, so that's quite a lot of people in quite a short space of time. Can I ask, Minister: do you agree with that assessment of those figures required, and what is the plan to get there, because it's a lot of people, as I say, in a very short amount of time? So, how are we going to get those construction workers for the future that we need today?