Glossary

Data self-assessment toolkit

A tool providers use to run data-quality queries over their own ILR before anyone else does.

In full

A data self-assessment toolkit runs a set of queries over a provider's own ILR data and returns the records that meet each query's criteria, so that potential problems can be investigated internally first.

A record appearing in a query is an exception to look at, not a confirmed error. Many flagged records are correct and simply need their evidence to be locatable.

The specific report families, their identifiers and their criteria are published by the funding body and change between funding years. Always work from the current report documentation for the year rather than from memory.

The rules behind this

FEFunding explanation

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

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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.

Sources

These are the official documents this page rests on. Where a figure, a deadline or an exact rule matters, the document is the authority and this page is the explanation.

Funding allocations and data returns information (opens in a new tab)

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