Inna Richardson

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Hi All,

I hope you can help.

One of our apprentices was enrolled on the same apprenticeship before, and the previous training provider had drawn £1200.

This wasn't identified at the enrolment and the negotiated cost was agreed as a maximum - £6000

So on ILR TNP1 + TNP2 = £6000 and matches DAS

Now, after looking at the reports we found this out. We have already charged the employer £300 (5% co-investment).

What are our actions in terms of ILR and DAS? Do we keep it as it is, reduce 5% co-investment to £240 and just charge them what is above the funding band separately? Or do we need to amend the cost to £4800 and if so, does any of this need to be documented and how? 

 

TIA

 

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Ruth Canham-James

Since we're not allowed to report anything we charge above band max (I assume taking into account funding already drawn down), you'll need to reduce what you're reporting in the ILR, and on DAS, to £4,800. The co-investment does need to be £240, so refund £60 (and record that in your PMR).

Are you planning to charge the employer the extra £1,200? If I were the employer, I would refuse, on the basis that you wouldn't need to teach them in full as they should already have had some of the content delivered. If the Skills Scan is still showing no prior KSB, then the employer may want to dispute that £1,200 with the previous provider.

Sadly it sometimes happens that a provider has claimed a chunk of money, that isn't reflected in the content they actually delivered, leaving the new provider to deliver almost the whole content, at a reduced price. ESFA don't want to get involved, and say the employer should have been keeping a better eye on it.