CITB Allocated 30,000 Apprenticeship Grants in 2025-26

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its 2025-26 financial year (FY) grants figures.

CITB has allocated £120 million for all grants, including £68 million in apprenticeship grants.

In the financial year 2025-26, 30,837 apprentices were supported. The apprenticeship grants provided also supported 10,410 construction employers in the past year – of which 9,258 are small and micro businesses.

CITB’s Travel to Train grant, for construction employers in England, Scotland and Wales, funds apprentices who need to travel for block-release training. The money covers travel and accommodation costs. This year, 3,794 learners and 1,217 employers have received a total of £8.2 million in Travel to Train grant support.

Qualification Grants

Qualification grants are for registered construction employers to help with the cost of training their workforce other than apprentices. From April 2025 to March 2026 22,690 learners and 3,088 employers received £21.7 million of qualification grant support. Out of the 3,088 employers supported in the past FY, 2,185 were small and micro businesses.

CITB’s Construction Workforce Outlook predicts that construction output is expected to grow by an average of 2.1% per year from now until 2029. An average of 47,000 extra construction workers is required each year to meet demand for the construction workforce.

Deb Madden, Executive Director, Customer Engagement and Operations, said: “Supporting employers to recruit and retain apprentices is critical to building the skilled workforce the industry needs. Without sustained recruitment and training, labour shortages risk project delays and increased costs.”

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