Glossary
Funding claim
The formal statement a provider makes of what it has delivered and expects to be funded for, at defined points in the year.
In full
Funding claims are made at defined points using ILR data as the basis, and are used to settle the funding position for the period they cover.
A claim is signed off by the provider, which means somebody is asserting that the data behind it is right. That signature is why the pre-claim checks matter.
Where this comes up
diagnostic
19+ apprentices with full funding claimed
19+ apprentices with full funding claimed. Review areas: Full and co-funding.
diagnostic
Learning support is claimed but the evidence chain is incomplete
A learning support claim has been made, but one of the links in the chain is missing: the assessment of need, the record of support actually delivered, the cost of delivering it, or the recording that triggers the claim.
diagnostic
An aim is on the ILR but generates no funding
The aim validates and appears on the ILR, but generates no earnings. Validation and funding are different tests: a record can be perfectly valid and still not qualify for funding.
module
Learning support: the evidence chain from need to claim
Need assessed, support delivered, cost recorded, claim made. Every link has to hold, and a gap anywhere makes the claim indefensible however genuine the support was.
module
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
The Full funding indicator is not valid for this learning aim
For starts on or after 1 August 2024 and are Adult Skills Fund funded, and where learning delivery category is 37 for learners aged between 19 -23 at the start of the aim, and has a prior attainment of level 2 or above, full funding cannot be claimed if the learner is not earning below the earnings threshold