We remain committed, as outlined in our adult education
budget (AEB) funding and performance-management rules,
to fund 3% of delivery above AEB allocations at the end of
the 2018 to 2019 funding year.
In addition to this commitment, we will fund an increase of
up to 50% in 19-24 traineeships
delivery at the end of the funding year.
We will only fund traineeships delivery above 103% of AEB
allocations if providers increase their proportion of 19-24
traineeships delivery between their R08 data
return/mid-year claim and the end of the year. We will not
fund an increase in non-traineeships delivery.
As standard practice, providers will need to meet our track
record criteria to be eligible to receive funding above
their allocations. More information about our track record
criteria is set out in paragraph 257 of the rules.
To ensure affordability and that the additional funding is
used for increased traineeships delivery, we have set a
minimum and maximum value of traineeships delivery we will
fund.
The minimum and maximum values of traineeships delivery
only apply if delivery is more than 103% of their adult
education budget allocation. If delivery is within 103% of
allocations, we will fully fund all delivery.
The diagrams below show how we have calculated the minimum
and maximum values:
There will not be any opportunities for AEB growth for the
rest of this funding year other than the commitment to fund
3% of over delivery and increased traineeships delivery as
outlined above.
For queries, providers will need to contact their
territorial team lead.
