Glossary
FRM
Funding monitoring report
A report issued to providers that monitors specific funding risks in submitted data and asks for them to be investigated and explained.
In full
Funding monitoring reports focus on areas where funding is most often claimed incorrectly. They list the records that meet the report's criteria and expect the provider to investigate, correct where wrong, and evidence where right.
The report families and their contents are set by the funding body and change between funding years, so always work from the current report guidance for the year rather than from memory or from last year's approach.
The rules behind this
Appearing on a data-quality or funding-monitoring report usually means a record has been flagged for investigation, not that it is confirmed wrong. Some flagged records are entirely correct and simply need evidence.
Where this comes up
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.
scenario
A learner appears on FRM27 and nobody knows why
A funding monitoring report names a learner whose aim you reported as continuing last year and as withdrawn this year. Work out whether the record moved for a good reason, and what to do either way.
module
Working data quality and funding monitoring reports
Reports that flag records for investigation are the most useful assurance tool available, and the most commonly misread. A flag is a question, not a finding.
scenario
The same records appear on a report every single period
A monitoring report returns the same cluster of records month after month. Each time they are worked and each time they return.
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
Sources
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