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<p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority
(GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB)
provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding
Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved
areas.</p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria,
which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years
(academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><ul><li>Qualify
for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than
two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision
at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p>We considered an additional period
of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order
to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs
to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver. Further
information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The
Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) does not meet the above criteria and from 2019/20
will be eligible to receive its AEB funding from MCAs/GLA for learners resident in
those areas, and from the ESFA for learners resident in non-devolved areas. The ESFA
wrote to AEB providers in June 2018, including the WEA, to explain how AEB allocations
for 2019/20 for learners resident in non-devolved areas will be calculated, in order
to help their planning for devolution.</p><p> </p>
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