Karen Simmons
Management Information Manager for Kent County Council Community Learning and Skills
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Karen Simmons commented,
Thanks Clare Roberts, its good to get some clarification
Thanks Clare Roberts, its good to get some clarification
Karen Simmons commented,
Daniel Dowson I agree, I never find the DfE guidance helpful, its very poorly written. If I released this to my users as it is, we would be drowning in questions :-). I am thinking of 2 self-dec questions, one for the ordinarily resident at start and one for their immigration status otherwise how do we identify asylum seekers, those on a student visa or those not legally in UK...? Who does the learners with limited length visas section refer to? Asylum seekers only?
Daniel Dowson I agree, I never find the DfE guidance helpful, its very poorly written. If I released this to my users as it is, we would be drowning in questions :-).I am thinking of 2 self-dec qu...
Karen Simmons commented,
Clare Roberts yes I took sponsorship visa to mean the employer sponsorship visa and not the Ukraine scheme
Clare Roberts yes I took sponsorship visa to mean the employer sponsorship visa and not the Ukraine scheme
Karen Simmons commented,
We are getting these errors this month too. I've just been reading through some previous posts and others are suggesting that we need to use LDM 391 for those unemployed with JSA, ESA, UC as well as for earnings under threshold and unemployed/not receiving benefits/looking for work. The BSI value alone for the benefit is not resolving the error.
We are getting these errors this month too. I've just been reading through some previous posts and others are suggesting that we need to use LDM 391 for those unemployed with JSA, ESA, UC as well ...
Karen Simmons commented,
Silly me I was thinking the update yesterday was v2 :-)
Silly me I was thinking the update yesterday was v2 :-)
Karen Simmons commented,
V2 is definitely more than a "clarification" version, now includes parts that were not mentioned at all in v1 and appeared to have been removed from 23/24. Cannot believe how late these changes are. Checking bank statements is a no-no for us, it's not appropriate to ask staff to trawl through bank statements adding up income and outgoings - and won't prove anything.
V2 is definitely more than a "clarification" version, now includes parts that were not mentioned at all in v1 and appeared to have been removed from 23/24. Cannot believe how late these changes ar...
Karen Simmons commented,
Just attended another one of the AEB/ASF 24/25 webinars - they have totally confused everyone re the "Earnings" Threshold change and the removal of the Unemployed section. I've been told by the Customer Helpdesk in writing that benefit and pensions income is included under "earnings", on the webinar they said it wasn't and its wages. Majority of questions raised related to this area so by the end of the webinar I think they realised that they are not being clear and need to issue something to clarify what they mean earlier than version 2 in June.
Just attended another one of the AEB/ASF 24/25 webinars - they have totally confused everyone re the "Earnings" Threshold change and the removal of the Unemployed section. I've been told by the Cu...
Karen Simmons commented,
Thank you Faith T, downloaded the new version and its fixed the issue.
Thank you Faith T, downloaded the new version and its fixed the issue.
Karen Simmons commented,
Faith T is there a known issue with the FE staff data desktop application regarding the employment end date? All my active staff are showing with an error CF_EmploymentEndDate_01 because there is no date in the employment end date field but the specification says this field should only be completed if they staff have left the organisation during the collection year. This error isn't listed in the FEW XML validation rules file either - its BR_ instead of CF_. Looks as though this is a change from a warning to an error so something isn't working since the change.
Faith T is there a known issue with the FE staff data desktop application regarding the employment end date?All my active staff are showing with an error CF_EmploymentEndDate_01 because there is no...
Karen Simmons commented,
Dear Henry Wish Thank you for the PDSAT information. Please can you confirm the best contact number and email address to raise a complaint about the PDSAT application? We find it incredibly difficult to use, not user friendly at all and very time-consuming. With the desktop version we could produce a set of reports in 30 minutes, this system can take all day and we still can't get a set of reports with annotations we can rely on. Thank you.
Dear Henry Wish Thank you for the PDSAT information. Please can you confirm the best contact number and email address to raise a complaint about the PDSAT application?We find it incredibly difficul...