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Does anyone have a template they wouldn't mind sharing please ?
my email is tracey@brighterhorizonstraining.co.uk
thank in advance
Melanie Aspinall a little late to the party, but could you please share your form with me. My email address if tracey@auto-assessltd.co.uk
Thank you.
Tracey
Melanie Aspinall, I'm a bit late to the party but would you be able to send me a copy of your MFA form too please?
My email is cgeary1@bournemouth.ac.uk
Thanks so much
Ceri
At this point I feel like if I don't kindly ask for a copy of your community-renowned form Melanie Aspinall, I'll feel left out! b.james@lboro.ac.uk
Hi Melanie
Could I also have a copy please? My email address is cgeary1@bournemouth.ac.uk
Thanks in advance
Ceri
Melanie Aspinall interested to see if i could also recieve a copy of the MFA template you use if you would be so kind :)
thank you in advance
Hi I'm late to this conversation but can someone send me a copy of the form as well
Hi Melanie,
I would be ever so grateful if you could also share with me: jessica.demelo@lexisnexis.co.uk
Thank you
Hi Melanie Aspinall
Long shot as I know this post was a year ago but would you be able to send me a copy of the form you use for MFA Declaration. This is something we just dont seem to have got right. my email is Sharon.Ward@kets.co.uk
Thank you
sharon
Melanie Aspinall I realise that this thread is a year old but would you be willing to share your MFA form with me, we are about to have a mock audit and I need to share a the process for subsidy control with our employer engagement team and would really appreciate some help with the form, thanks in advance 😊
Wendy Lees - can you provide me with your email address please?
Hi Melanie - I know I am late to the party here but would you be able to share the MFA details above with me as well please.
Also do you know if the MFA declaration is completed as a one off at a certain point each year or if it is updated in year, for example if an employer had apprentices start in January and more in September of the same year (funded via levy transfer) when would they complete their MFA to declare the transferred funds values within their MFA submission. I believe we only need to hold evidence of the employer confirming they have submitted their MFA and meet the rules which would be a different declaration/confirmation to us?
Many thanks in advance
Sarah
Hi Melanie
I appreciate this post was a while ago but would you be able to share the documents with me as well please (s.rix@uea.ac.uk).
I am trying to also understand at what point employers submit their MFA declarations - is it at a certain point each year or do they need to update and resubmit in year, for example if they have apprentices starting in January and then more in September of the same year (using levy transfer) do they need to resubmit their MFA declaration and then reconfirm to the provider that they are still under the threshold by way of another declaration to the provider as well or do they only submit MFA updates at a set point each year?
Many thanks, Sarah
Steve Bowler
Appr 23/24 - Minimal Financial Assistance declaration
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Afternoon,
Just wondering what other peoples understanding/knowledge is in relation to the Minimal Financial Assistance Declaration that is mentioned in the draft Apprenticeship rules for 23/24. It sounds like it impacts any 16-18 SME non-levy learner plus any non-levy learners funded via a levy transfer. Suggests that the employer needs to give us an MFA declaration, or is it something that we can include in our enrolment paperwork?
Steve
Subsidy control
· New for 1 August 2023 153 to 156 - We have updated this section to reflect the UK subsidy control regime.
Ø Evidence requirements - Where applicable (for waiving of the small employer contribution and transfers), the employer must give a Minimal Financial Assistance declaration to their provider.
· 153. Funds received by providers from an employer’s apprenticeship service account (including government top-ups to funds), government-employer co-investment and additional payments do not fall within the scope of subsidy control from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024.
· 154. Waiving of the employer contribution for small employers is likely to amount to a subsidy. The subsidy control rules will therefore apply to such cases. For more information on subsidy control, please visit the UK subsidy control regime guidance on GOV.UK.
· 155. Transfers of funds between employers also engage the subsidy control rules. For any transfer an employer receives, a percentage of the transferred funds will count towards the employer’s Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) exemption. This percentage represents the amount of co-investment the employer would have otherwise had to contribute towards the apprenticeship, if funds had not been transferred.
Ø 155.1. The provider must ensure the employer completes a MFA declaration for relevant funding they receive as a result of the waiver of the employer contribution for small employers and transfers.
· 156. If providers become aware that an employer exceeds their Minimal Financial Assistance exemption of £315,000 over a rolling 3 year period, they must contact us.