. . . and levy order approved
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• The proposals from the Road Transport Industry Training Board for a levy on employers within the scope of the Board have been approved by the Secretary of State for Employment, Mr Maurice Macmillan. Employers with payrolls of £30,000 or more will pay between 1.1 per cent and 1.9 per cent of their payroll in the year ended April 5 1973 according to sector of industry, while those with payrolls of less than £30,000 will pay between 0.7 per cent and 1.4 per cent. Employers whose payrolls are £7500 or less will be exempt from the levy. The Order comes into operation on August 17.
The levy will be used to pay three types of grant. A block grant, equal to a fixed percentage of levy, will be paid to firms with an approved system of training. Specific grants will be paid for the training of craft apprentices, technicians, operatives, managers, and supervisors, clerical, professional and commercial trainees, and the employment of training staff. Other grants will be paid for management development, consultancy work and industrial relations training.