Don’t miss your chance to find out about CITB’s 2026-29 Levy proposals

Construction employers have just two weeks remaining to engage with CITB during its consultation period for the 2026-29 proposals. The consultation period will conclude on October 24 – here is a reminder and recap of the Consensus process.

This period of engagement with the industry is an opportunity for employers across England, Scotland and Wales, who are registered with CITB, to provide feedback on the Levy Proposals, including on important components such as the Levy thresholds.

CITB’s Strategy Committee will meet to review the feedback and use it in their guidance to the CITB board, prior to the proposal being submitted to the Secretary of State for Education. The Consensus process usually occurs every three years and is crucial in ensuring that CITB is listening to its employers’ views on the levy system. A sample-based approach is taken to measure the Consensus results.

Tim Balcon, CITB Chief Executive explained: “The Prescribed Organisations will gather views from their members and an independent market research company will conduct a sample survey of 4,000 employers who are not part of a Prescribed Organisation. The combined results are designed to be representative of the Levy paying population and of a large enough size to report reliable results.”

Consensus webinars take place until the end of the consultation period. All CITB-registered employers can register for a webinar if they have not done so yet.

Read more here about the details of the Levy consultation and its benefits.