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date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Construction: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to remove the double levy charge on modular manufacturers by exempting them from the scope of the Construction Industry Training Board levy.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	182274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) levy applies to all employers engaged wholly or mainly in construction industry activities, unless exempted. A full list of construction industry activities in scope for the purposes of the CITB levy can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3048/schedule/1/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3048/schedule/1/made</a>.</p><p>The department has not been asked to consider a request to amend this list.</p><p>The department does not intend to exempt any in scope employers from the CITB levy on the basis they also pay the apprenticeship levy. The CITB levy and apprenticeship levy fund different activities. The apprenticeship levy is ‘ring-fenced’ to support apprenticeships in England across all sectors and occupations. The CITB levy is specific to the construction industry and invested by CITB in training and other projects for the benefit of the sector. This includes grants to employers to train new staff or develop the skills of their existing workforce, initiatives to help the industry recruit new talent and support the transfer of skilled workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 182362 question first answered 27/04/2023 16:23:45 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

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date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Construction: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to improve construction skills.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	64066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>BEIS works closely with the Department for Education, the Department for Work and Pensions and representatives of the construction sector, through the Construction Skills Delivery Group. This has agreed a series of actions to increase investment in construction skills, through greater recruitment of apprentices, support for T-Levels and improving routes into the industry. Apprenticeship starts in the 2021-22 academic year reached over 32,000, which exceeds pre-pandemic levels.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/10/2022 16:04:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson