Glossary
FAM
Funding and monitoring
The general term for the paired type-and-code records that carry funding, eligibility and monitoring information in the ILR.
In full
Funding and monitoring records exist at both learner and learning delivery level. Each has a type, which says what kind of information it is, and a code, which says which value applies.
They are the part of the ILR most often filled in badly, because they are easy to miss at enrolment and rarely produce an obvious error when wrong.
The rules behind this
Funding and monitoring records, held at both learner and learning-delivery level, carry the eligibility, entitlement, support and monitoring information that the funding calculation and assurance reports depend on.
Where this comes up
diagnostic
The learner must not have more than one Learner Funding and Monitoring record with the same FAM type and code
There must not be more than one Learner Funding and Monitoring (FAM) record with the same Learner FAM type and Learner FAM code
diagnostic
The learner must not have more than one Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring record with the same FAM type and code
There must not be more than one Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring (FAM) record with the same Learner FAM type and Learner FAM code
diagnostic
The Learning delivery monitoring code is not valid for the Source of funding returned
If OLASS – Offenders in custody Learning delivery monitoring code has been returned then the Source of funding must be Adult skills
diagnostic
The source of funding is not valid for this Learning delivery monitoring code
If Combined Authority Source of funding has been returned then the Learning Delivery monitoring codes, OLASS – Offenders in custody, Procured Adult Education Budget (AEB) or Learners in receipt of low wages must not be used
diagnostic
This funding model is not valid for this Devolved area monitoring code (DAM)
If the FAM type is DAM, then the funding model must be Adult skills, Adult Skills Fund, Tailored Learning
diagnostic
A learner is flagged on a data quality or funding monitoring report
A record meets the criteria of a report that identifies data worth checking. That is a request to investigate, not a statement that the record is wrong. Some flagged records are entirely correct and simply need their evidence to be locatable.
Sources
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