PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Construction: Coronavirus (4 November 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to enable construction work to continue during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Construction workers play a crucial role in supporting our public services and providing and maintaining safe, decent homes for people to live in.

The Government has been clear that construction activity can continue during the lockdown, where it can take place safely. The Government has worked with construction firms and other stakeholders to develop guidance on safer working on construction sites, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19.

The industry has also developed Site and Branch Operating Procedures for firms and merchants, as well as guidance for small firms and mineral products suppliers. These products provide advice as to how construction firms can apply the Government’s guidance on safer working.

Answered by:
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
12 November 2020