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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.

Funding year2026–27Awaiting verificationSee the sourcesReport an issue

The situation

Report
A monitoring report run each period
Pattern
The same cluster of records recurs
Response
Worked individually each period

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What does the repetition tell you?

The rules behind this

Recommended good practice

Corrections should be made in the source system that owns the data, then regenerated into the ILR. Editing an ILR file directly leaves the source system wrong and the error returns at the next generation.

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.

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.

ILR: sources of data (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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