Issue - decisions

Adult Learning and Skills Service

13/05/2025 - Adult Learning and Skills Service

Approval to set the fees and charges to learners who are eligible at £6.15 per hour for full fee-paying learner and £2.60 for fee remitted learners - this will be applied through the same funding entitlement and fee remission rules as Accredited Learning.
When we work in partnership with organisations and offer learning for free, we sometimes have learners who would ordinarily be unfunded due to their postcode area (devolved) in such instances, and only in this instance we propose a charge of £8.70 per hour. This will enable them to participate with their peers. All other groups of unfunded learners are excluded.
Note: there was a typographical error in the forward plan entry (stating increase of 6%). Para 4.4 of the associated report provides an explanation of the agreed increase (10%).