Construction 2025, published in July 2013, is not a Government strategy. It is a collaboration between the construction industry and Government. It sets out four high level ambitions to be achieved by 2025. These ambitions will be underpinned by an action plan and the strategy document outlined a number of specific actions. Many of these actions, including a number contained in this set of questions, are owned and driven by a range of key bodies from across the full breadth of the construction industry.

I am pleased with the industry's positive response and close ownership of the agenda and of specific actions.

The review of the research into recognised card schemes is under way.

The industry has drafted a high level statement of its commitment to having young people working on construction. This will be published shortly.

There is a commitment to implement Level 2 BIM on all central Government projects by 2016 and this includes a programme for communicating best practice to local Government and private sector clients.

A number of discussions are under way with the Green Construction Board and the retail sector and with the lighting industry about the development of market and technology plans for investment in energy efficient and low carbon construction.

The Green Construction Board is considering DEFRA's National Adaptation Programme to consider whether the Board might be able to add additional value by developing its own climate change adaptation plan.

The potential to develop a trade 'grouping' of UK based contractors continues to be explored through UKTI's construction sector advisory group.

On 25 November 2013, Official Report, column 4WS, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), announced that Government was establishing the British Intergovernmental Services Authority (BISA).

The industry is currently investigating existing best practice in terms of young people across the sector, to determine to what extent it can adopt a more coordinated approach to engagement.

Trustmark will be making an announcement shortly.

A number of regionally owned views of future work are starting to emerge (for example, from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce) and members of the Leadership Council Delivery Group are considering these with a view to their wider relevance.

It was agreed to pause the work on demand mapping while industry bodies focussed their attention on the role of public procurement to inform further work by

Cabinet Office and HMT—Infrastructure UK on procurement. The demand mapping work is now being picked up again.

The industry is working closely together on a broad agenda, with an agreed set of priorities and good progress is being made.