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<ul><li><p>The Department for Education funds English for Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL) through the Adult Education Budget (AEB).</p></li><li><p>Individuals aged 19
and over, including refugees, those granted humanitarian protection and asylum seekers,
can be fully funded or co-funded depending on their age, prior educational attainment,
employment status, and provided they meet the residency criteria set out in the AEB
Funding and Performance Management Rules.</p></li><li><p>Approximately half the AEB
is devolved to six Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority,
and they are responsible for commissioning and funding provision, including ESOL provision,
for learners resident in their areas.</p></li><li><p>As well as access to mainstream
services, additional funding is provided to Local Authorities (of £850 per adult refugee)
for refugees resettled through the UK’s resettlement scheme. This is intended to boost
local capacity so that refugees on the scheme can receive additional hours of ESOL
tuition.</p></li><li><p>We are also investing around £600,000 this year (2020/21)
so that refugees on the UK Resettlement Scheme can benefit from additional childcare
provision to support access to ESOL classes; and £360,000 to improve regional coordination
of ESOL for refugees.</p></li></ul>
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