1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164 
MORE GRANTS FOR ROAD TRAINING
Page 38
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Board springs surprise: special allowance for 'earning vehicles switched to instruction use'
by SAM BUCKLEY
1"HE Road Transport Industry Training Board announced on Tuesday 1an addition to its first-year training grant scheme, which will assist employers to meet the cost of maintaining vehicles withdrawn from commercial use solely for training purposes.
Originally, grants were only available to employers for personnel undergoing training with the possibility of grants for specialized training facilities, travelling and subsistence allowances, and the like.
The Board has received Ministerial approval to offer training grants of up to £5 a day for each vehicle taken out of an "earning" situation and used for training.
Mr. Peter Haxby, director of training, told me: "We realize that in many instances —to provide adequate training—employers are obliged to tie up substantial sums of money in vehicles which are kept, either wholly or partly. for training drivers, conductors, and other specialized staff.
-This grant will be particularly valuable to bus operators and hauliers: up to £25 a week a vehicle is, we feel, quite an incentive to release or maintain a vehicle for training purposes."
The minimum period for which an employer may claim the grant is one day. The scale for different vehicles is:
Buses £4; trucks, g.v.w. over 20 tons, £4; 10/19 tons, £3; 5/9 tons, £2; under 5 tons, £1. The grant for special-purpose vehicles, such as cranes and stacker trucks, will be
1, the same as for a car. All these grants will be increased by 25 per cent if the vehicle is less than five years' old.