SFA Funding

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Dear Brockenhurst College,

You will be aware that paragraph 12 of the SFA Funding Rules 2012/13 is newly revised and states that “Where the Agency has made a full contribution to the costs of a Learner’s programme, Providers must not make compulsory charges to employers or Learners for any delivery of the learning activity funded by the Agency.
This includes: administration, registration, assessment, materials or examination costs whether incurred directly by the Provider or charged by other organisations such as awarding organisations. This includes charges for identification passes, uniforms, tools and material where without them, a learner cannot complete and achieve their learning aim.”

Please can you provide me with the following information:

1. The estimated cost to the college of implementing these requirements in the year ahead
2. Copies of any papers, including at Corporation level, pertaining to the implementation of these requirements
3. Can you make clear whether you are intending to apply these standards to other provision in the college, and specifically whether you intend to implement for EFA funded provision

You will also be aware of changes to the required Instrument & Articles for the college that give it freedom to adopt new structures and practices.

Please can you provide me with the following information:

1. The number of student members of the corporation at present
2. The existing methodology in use for their appointment/selection/election
3. If there are any plans to change the number, or methodology for their appointment/selection/election

Yours faithfully,

Jim Dickinson

Janine Buchner, Brockenhurst College

Our Ref: FoI/00011/dickinson

30 July 2012

Dear Jim Dickinson

Thank you for your email of 27 July 2012 requesting information regarding the changes to the SFA Funding rules.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

Dr Robin Gadd
Head of Information and Systems Development
Brockenhurst College, UK

Tel: 01590 625575

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Janine Buchner
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Robin Gadd, Brockenhurst College

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Our Ref: FoI/00011/Dickinson

22 August 2012

Dear Jim Dickinson,

Further to your request of 27 July for information about the SFA Funding Rules 2012/13 we are pleased to respond as follows:

1. The estimated cost to the college of implementing these requirements in the year ahead
The College estimates that the likely cost of implementing this change will be in the order of £5-10k in the 2012/13 academic year

2. Copies of any papers, including at Corporation level, pertaining to the implementation of these requirements
A search has been conducted and a single document pertaining to the implementation of these requirements has been located and attached herewith being a summary of the first draft of the Funding Rules document released in April 2012. At the time this document was created paragraph 12 was expected to be "the subject of clarification in due course". Version 3 of the SFA Funding Rules was published by the SFA on 31 July 2012; paragraph 12 has become paragraph 20. This guidance has been circulated to relevant managers and the College will comply fully with it at enrolment of learners for 2012/13.

3. Can you make clear whether you are intending to apply these standards to other provision in the college, and specifically whether you intend to implement for EFA funded provision
The College complies with EFA and other Funding Guidance. No compulsory charges are made to learners undertaking programmes funded by the EFA.

Regarding your request for information about the Instruments and Articles:

1. The number of student members of the corporation at present
2 (TWO)

2. The existing methodology in use for their appointment/selection/election
By election and nomination

3. If there are any plans to change the number, or methodology for their appointment/selection/election
No plans

Please contact me if you have any questions arising from this response.

If you wish to complain about this response, you may do so by writing to The Principal, Brockenhurst College, Lyndhurst Road, Brockenhurst SO42 7ZE.

You also have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office by telephoning 0303 123 1113.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Robin Gadd
Head of Information and Systems Development Brockenhurst College, UK
01590 625575

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From: Jim Dickinson
Sent: 27 July 2012 14:13:35 (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
To: Data Protection
Subject: Freedom of Information request - SFA Funding

Dear Brockenhurst College,

You will be aware that paragraph 12 of the SFA Funding Rules
2012/13 is newly revised and states that "Where the Agency has made
a full contribution to the costs of a Learner's programme,
Providers must not make compulsory charges to employers or Learners
for any delivery of the learning activity funded by the Agency.
This includes: administration, registration, assessment, materials
or examination costs whether incurred directly by the Provider or
charged by other organisations such as awarding organisations. This
includes charges for identification passes, uniforms, tools and
material where without them, a learner cannot complete and achieve
their learning aim."

Please can you provide me with the following information:

1. The estimated cost to the college of implementing these
requirements in the year ahead
2. Copies of any papers, including at Corporation level, pertaining
to the implementation of these requirements
3. Can you make clear whether you are intending to apply these
standards to other provision in the college, and specifically
whether you intend to implement for EFA funded provision

You will also be aware of changes to the required Instrument &
Articles for the college that give it freedom to adopt new
structures and practices.

Please can you provide me with the following information:

1. The number of student members of the corporation at present
2. The existing methodology in use for their
appointment/selection/election
3. If there are any plans to change the number, or methodology for
their appointment/selection/election

Yours faithfully,

Jim Dickinson

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