Andrew Tan

Funding Summary Report - FIS vs SLD differences

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Hi all,

After a little guidance if anyone can help to decipher the Funding Summary Report.  I'm comparing the report between the version produced by FIS and the version created when you upload a file to SLD.  I''m aware that things like DLOCKs, etc can affect the amount of funding recorded in the SLD version.  The two versions of the reports are only £50 different however when i'm looking at 2 funding lines in particular there is quite a difference between the two.

For example, in the FIS version I see this - 

16-18 Apprenticeship Non-Levy Contract - £100,000

19+ Apprenticeship Non-Levy Contract - £50,000

 

In the SLD version I see this - 

 16-18 Apprenticeship Non-Levy Contract - £110,000

19+ Apprenticeship Non-Levy Contract - £40,000

It appears the funding is moving from the 19+ pot to the 16-18 pot. Could this be something related to an age category somewhere that's different between the two systems or something completely unrelated?  How would you go about unpicking this?  It's been like this since at least the R05.

Thanks,

Andrew

Andrew Tan

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Bishop Burton College

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Martin West

The funding summary report reflects the Indicative earnings report but the calculations performed by FIS and the SLD are different as they are based on the ILR data from the return (FIS) but the SLD also checks the R14 from the previous year and this will result in differences in funding where adjustments has been made to data after the close of the previous year.

I find it best to check the indicative earnings report to identify the funding differences.

HTH

Paul

Hi Andrew

SLD colleagues will be happy to investigate this. Please could you raise this issue through the service desk and attach your FIS report to the ticket?

Many thanks

Paul

Andrew Tan

Thanks Martin, I've now managed to track down a single learner that seems to be causing the issue.

Thank Paul, I'll submit that next week with the relevant details.

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Graham Knight

Its a pity the ESFA  isn't more transparent about the differences in the processing between the FIS and SLD reports.

There used to be document on the funding reports a couple of years ago but it seems this is no longer maintained. Whilst it covered difference between the monthly payment reports and remittances it didn't cover  FIS/SLD differences.

Our recent Apps Indicative Funding reports have shown significant differences lately between the FIS version & SLD version

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