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Scenario

Adult delivery is running above the allocation

By May, adult skills earnings are tracking above the allocation. What can be done, and what evidence is needed?

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationSee the sourcesReport an issue

The situation

Stream
Adult Skills Fund
Position
Earnings tracking above the allocation profile
Timing
Ahead of the June return

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What should happen?

The rules behind this

Official requirement

Adult Skills Fund delivery is earned through the ILR against an allocation, and is reconciled: earning less than the allocation can reduce the funding retained, and earning more does not automatically increase it.

FEFunding explanation

In further education, funding is not paid simply because a college says it taught someone. It is earned by recording what was delivered in the Individualised Learner Record, and that record is what the funding calculation, the performance measures and any audit all read from.

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.

Adult Skills Fund funding and performance management rules 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding document2026–27Awaiting first verification

Adult Skills Fund funding rates and formula 2026 to 2027 (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding document2026–27Awaiting first verification

Individualised Learner Record (ILR) collection (opens in a new tab)

GOV.UKOfficial funding documentAwaiting first verification

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

GOV.UKOfficial funding documentAwaiting first verification

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