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Annual Report and Accounts

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Introduction

"The construction industry has significant skills challenges, and this year we continued with our plans to put employers in the driving seat to ensure our approach is co-owned and transparent.

This year has been a particularly important one for us as it has laid the foundations for a new Strategic Plan. We overachieved on six of our eight Business Plan targets, a testament to our ability to work together to meet the needs of construction employers who are investing in training and upskilling their workforce. Our renewed focus on making skills training accessible to all has resulted in a shift change, with us now engaging employers in training activity predominantly via our Employer Networks and NEST.

This Annual Report and Accounts confirms that our impact is growing, and that our initiatives and support are having a positive outcome on more employers and individuals than ever. Over £128.6m in grants was invested through our Grants Scheme, supporting the training needs of 15,710 employers and 26,349 apprentices.

Over £27.1m was spent on funding and targeted interventions, with £7.5m going directly to 2,400 small and micro businesses, supporting more than 38,000 individuals with their training and upskilling needs. 

Looking ahead, our overarching goal is clear: we need to eradicate the skills gap and help bring about a competent and productive workforce. Doing what we do but doing it better is no longer enough, we need to usher in a new era for construction and embark on a paradigm shift in thinking around construction skills.

I am excited about the future, and so are my dedicated colleagues. Our shared purpose and vision are clear to see, and we will continue to work with our partners to ensure the skills system is fit for purpose and fit for the future."  Tim Balcon, Chief Executive CITB. 

Review of 2023-24: Achievements

Improving construction's people pipeline

  • Over 1.4m visits to the Go Construct website
  • 858 Go Construct STEM Ambassadors recruited
  • Over 6,300 individuals registered with Talentview
  • 2,340 individuals helped by NEST to start an apprenticeship 
  • Over 29,400 learners supported with apprenticeship grants
  • 26,500 taster sessions delivered by our Customer Engagement Team. 

Creating defined training pathways

  • 9 Competence Frameworks have now been completed. 

Delivering an efficient training supply

  • 19,400 qualification grants issued 
  • £77.9m issued in apprenticeship grants
  • 218% increase in employers joining and accessing training through Employer Network
  • 5% increase in individuals trained through NCC
  • 173,000 short duration training courses received grant support
  • 16% increase in individuals supported through Site Safety Plus
  • 11,403 individuals supported by Employer Network.

Download the CITB Annual Report and Accounts  

Additional reports 

 

This page provides information on our annual report and accounts for the current and previous financial years. Other corporate reports and annual reviews are also available to download below.

We publish our annual report and accounts and gender pay gap report every year.

For Welsh translations of any documents or reports not already available in Welsh, please email .

Download Annual report and accounts 2023-24

Past reports and accounts

 

2022-2023

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2021-2022

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2020-2021

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2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018