Question to the Department for Education:

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.

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: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3048/schedule/1/made.

The department has not been asked to consider a request to amend this list.

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.