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TRAVEL GRANT ACCOMMODATION GRANT
OVERVIEW OVERVIEW
You can apply for a travel grant for apprentices You can apply for an accommodation grant
studying grant-eligible apprenticeships, who are though the CITB portal for apprentices studying
employed by CITB registered employers or a CITB construction trades, who are employed by CITB
funded Shared Apprenticeship Scheme in England, registered employers or a CITB funded Shared
Scotland and Wales. Apprenticeship Scheme in England, Scotland and
• Travel grant is paid for travel to and from the Wales.
college or training provider. Travel to and from an • Accommodation grant is available where travel
apprentice’s place of work is excluded. to and from the college/training provider is more
• Apprentices in accommodation are eligible for than 90 minutes from the apprentice’s home
return travel costs to the accommodation from address, either by car or public transport.
home for each period of training. • Accommodation grant is only paid when the
• Where college campus accommodation includes accommodation has been booked through
weekend stays, travel grant will only be approved CITB approved methods or on-campus residential
for the start and end journey of the entire block accommodation at specific colleges/training

period including weekends. providers who have an approved agreement
• Daily travel from CITB-supported accommodation with CITB.
is only reimbursed where CITB or college/training • This grant is not available for privately
provider arranged travel is not available. arranged accommodation.
AMOUNT AVAILABLE • CITB will only pay for accommodation where the
CITB pay grant when the travel costs are more than apprentice abides by the CITB Code of Conduct
£20 per week, they will deduct the first £20 per week Policy. Where this is not met, CITB would not

and reimburse the excess to the employer. reimburse any accommodation costs and will
Private transport is only authorised when public refuse any future applications for that apprentice.
transport, or transport provided by CITB, is not
available or private transport is cheaper. AMOUNT AVAILABLE
Hotel accommodation is reimbursed at a rate of
• Current mileage rates for private transport are 26p 80% of the total cost. CITB will deduct 20% of the
per mile for cars or motorcycles. accommodation cost and reimburse the difference
• The full cost of the travel grant must be to the employer, the employer must pay the 20%
reimbursed to the apprentice by the employer cost and not pass this on to the apprentice.
• This grant does not cover car parking costs. Weekend accommodation is not funded.
• CITB will not pay for travel dated more than 3
months before the application submission date. For colleges with an on-site campus, full costs for
accommodation will be met.
How to apply Where multiple apprentices from the same employer
Travel grant applications can be submitted either require accommodation, this is provided on a room
when the value to reimburse is £100 (minus the sharing basis and within the scope of safeguarding
£20 per week deduction), OR every 2 months per e.g., under 18’s, over 18’s. Male and female sharing
eligible apprentice – whichever comes sooner. is not permitted. Due to COVID-19, rooms are
currently offered on a sole occupancy basis.
You should submit an application form with
a copy of the relevant evidence, including
travel tickets (where applicable) and evidence FOR MORE INFORMATION
of attendance covering the period of the To apply for CITB accommodation grants visit
application. Screenshots of bookings made via www.citb.co.uk/levy-grants-and-funding/
an app, electronic booking confirmations and grants-and-funding/apprenticeship-travel-and-

college timetables are all acceptable evidence. accommodation-funding-travel-to-train/

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