CITB sets aside £5.9m for apprentice admin blunder

The Construction Industry Training Board has been forced to set aside a £5.9m provision in its latest set of accounts after over-claiming for government apprenticeship funding.
The latest CITB report and accounts for the year to March 31 2022 contain details of the blunder.
The training body receives cash from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for apprenticeship training based on the number of apprentices it is helping.But an ESFA audit of CITB apprenticeship number submission