Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from the Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians on the effect of proposed changes to the budget for training expertise of the Construction Industry Training Board on the future of the construction industry.

We have received no direct recent representations from the Union of Construction Allied Trades and Technicians. We continue to engage in discussions with the Industry Training Boards on the implications for the construction and engineering construction industry levies of the apprenticeship levy which will be introduced in April 2017.