Purpose

To present the Adult Learning and Skills
Service Fee Policy, Looking to increase the fees for Adult Learning
Courses by 10%, in line with the Council policy. Please note this
will affect a few courses as most of our learners are fully funded
and do not pay for their learning. Along with their legal
entitlement of English, Maths and Digital skills which are
free.

Decision

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%).