Consensus 2025
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The CITB Levy has been a cornerstone of the British construction industry for 60 years, ensuring that workers have the necessary skills to keep sites safe and projects successful.
The challenge is clear. Our latest industry forecast indicates that 250,000 additional construction workers will be needed in the UK over the next five years to meet demand.
Construction work accounts for 6.2% of Great Britain’s economy and is expected to grow further, with home-building and infrastructure projects high on the Government’s agenda. Ensuring the industry has the right skills has never been more crucial.
To address these needs, we have robust plans for investing the CITB Levy, including:
- Enhancing the quality and capability of a network of Training Providers, which will be central to CITB training support
- Investing £868 million in construction skills over the lifetime of the 2026-2029 Levy Order
- Expanding the New Entrant Support Team to build a strong pipeline of talent into construction
- Empowering businesses by expanding our new Employer Network.
The Levy makes changes like these possible. With a rapidly changing workforce demographic, our goal is to secure the future of construction by tackling immediate challenges and preparing for long-term growth. Together, we can help the industry meet its upcoming demands and ensure its continued success.
Consensus timeline (PDF, 499KB) details the different phases taking place through Consensus.
Now Consultation is finished and we have collected your views, Consultation Report (PDF, 574KB) which shares the findings. This will be presented to Board and the next stage of Consensus will be in March 2025 when we conduct the Independent Survey.
Consensus 2021 results
Consensus 2021 - CITB contains a breakdown of results from the previous Consensus.
More information
Consensus FAQs (PDF, 719KB)
Previous Levy rate & Thresholds (PDF 5.84MB)
Levy Strategy Committee (PDF, 6.18MB)
Levy Proposals 2026-2029 - Recommendations, rationale and benefits (PDF, 4.25MB)
Consensus and the CITB Levy Order (PDF, 7.34MB)
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