Member

The CITB’s running costs are currently at 15%— I think clarity was provided to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee about that—and this includes the cost of administering the levy, grants and funding schemes out to employers. The CITB’s underlying corporate costs, including HR, finance and other back-office services, are 10%, but the review outlines that there should be more transparency around the running costs of the ITBs. Their corporate service costs should be benchmarked against suitable comparators and, specifically, both ITBs should be looking to make 5% efficiency savings. In 2023-24, the CITB actually made efficiency savings of 11.3%. The Government agree with this recommendation and a steering group will be convened to monitor the implementation of the agreed review recommendations to ensure that those efficiencies are being made.