The Association of Colleges (AoC) carried out analysis of adult programme costs because of increasing concerns about the lack of funding rate increases in the adult budget for 10 years. It says that the published report entitled ‘Adult Programme Costs and Rates‘, shows that without an increase in funding rates, the government’s National Skills Fund programme will fail. The report provides evidence on the
similarities and differences with 16-19 programmes which have been funded at a higher rate for more than 10 years.
