Guidance

SFA financial assurance: funding higher-risk organisations and subcontractors

Sets guidelines to identify and control higher risk providers.

• From: Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 7 March 2014
• Last updated: 23 February 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 14 October 2020

This document was superseded on 14 September 2020 by the ESFA policy on funding higher risk organisations and subcontractors.

Applies to England

Documents

Funding higher-risk training organisations and subcontractors

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Details

This policy sets out criteria which would prevent a provider being considered for funding. This is in order to identify and control the minority of providers and persons that are not using monies for the purposes parliament intended.

Further information will be provided as the systems to support the policy are developed.

Early termination of funding agreement - list of organisations

The SFA’s funding agreements include clauses providing for early termination. This list of organisations covers from the 2014 to 2015 academic year to date, and will be updated on a regular basis.

Published 7 March 2014
Last updated 23 February 2016 + show all updates

1. 23 February 2016

   Policy for funding higher-risk organisations and subcontractors updated to align with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and clarify timeframes.

2. 7 March 2014

   First published.