Glossary
Collection period
One month of the funding year for which an ILR return is made.
In full
The funding year is divided into collection periods, each with an ILR return. Periods run from the start of the funding year, so the first period is August.
Earnings accrue by period, which is why funding reports are read period by period and reconciled monthly.
Where this comes up
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The collection year: what each return is for
Fourteen returns, each restating the whole year. Three of them matter more than the others, and knowing which is most of the job.
diagnostic
A file with the same UKPRN, collection year and date/time combination has been received before
A file with the same UKPRN, collection year and date/time combination must not have been received before
diagnostic
The date/time of the file is earlier than a previous transmission for this collection
The date/time of the file must be greater than previous transmission with the same UKPRN and collection year
diagnostic
The year of collection is not the current year
Year of collection must be current year
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FIS and Submit Learner Data: the submission workflow
When to validate locally, when an actual submission is needed, what each report tells you, and how resubmission works within a collection window.
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How further education funding actually works
Colleges are not paid a block grant for teaching. They are funded through several separate streams, each with its own rules, and each earned by recording delivery in the ILR.