Glossary
Fully funded
Learning for which the funding body meets the whole cost, with no fee charged to the learner.
In full
Fully funded learning is paid for entirely from public funding because the learner meets the conditions for full funding, such as a legal entitlement or an unemployment-related condition.
Charging a fee to a fully funded learner, or claiming full funding for a learner who did not qualify, are both funding errors that audit looks for.
Where this comes up
scenario
An adult learner withdraws in week six
A learner on a fully funded adult qualification stops attending six weeks in. Follow it from the tutor noticing to the audit test.
diagnostic
The combination of EEF and FFI codes is not valid
If 'Entitlement to 16-18 apprenticeship funding' is returned, then the learning aim must be fully funded
module
Devolved adult funding: whose rules apply
The learner's home postcode decides which authority funds their adult skills learning, and therefore which rules, rates and reporting apply.
diagnostic
An adult learner appears to be funded by the wrong authority
The learner's recorded source of funding does not match what their home postcode implies, so the aim may be claimed from the wrong funder, under the wrong rules.
diagnostic
A funded component aim must not have a non-funded programme aim
An open non-funded programme aim, must not have a funded component aim with the same combination of Programme type and Standard code
diagnostic
An LDM code is required to show how this learner is funded
For starts on or after the 1 August 2025 who are Tailored Learning funded an LDM code is required to show how the provision is funded