Last week, ESFA issued the contract for services allocations for ESFA’s adult skills fund for the 2024 to 2025 funding year. These allocations were procured from 2023. Allocations will be issued in a digital format on manage your education and skills funding. Note that only the following roles can view allocation statements:
- contract authoriser
- contract manager
- contract user
- data returns and claims authoriser
The published timeline shows when to expect information from ESFA. They have also updated their 19+ technical guidance, which will explain how they have calculated your allocation. This will be published as the allocations go live. ESFA’s Independent Market Oversight division will contact you for a new volumes and values sheet and social value templates. You must return these promptly as contracts cannot be issued until ESFA has received updated files. Ensure that you sign your contract variation before Wednesday 31 July 2024 so it does not expire.