Education and skills are devolved policy areas. The Government’s commitment to establish a network of sector-based National Skills Academies (NSAs) is a skills initiative designed to operate in England. Sector Skills Councils, however, have the development lead for NSAs and also hold a UK-wide remit, regulated in Wales by protocol with Education and Learning Wales. Employers there and in Scotland and Northern Ireland may well wish to see NSAs reach across the UK and their engagement with their Sector Skills Councils will determine their wider establishment. Construction Skills, the Sector Skills Council leading the development of the Construction Skills Academy is planning a series of workshops to be held in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to explore the potential for introducing NSA arrangements there. The NSA for Construction is currently in the business planning stage with an announcement concerning its opening expected in the autumn.