03 March 2025

ILR Changes for 4.45

The following changes have been made for 4.45 to support the changes to the ILR Return for 2024/25:

Reference Data Import

  • A new import file has been created for funding year 31 (2024/25). The file is available in the following link on our Communities site under Reference Data: ILR Resources and Import Files

  • The following updates are included in the LSC31DAT.TXT file:

    • LLDD and Health Problem Category – New code and description added:

      • 18 – Down Syndrome

    • Other Employment Type [OET] – Description added for code 4, descriptions updated for various other codes:

      • 4 - Employment outcome gained on eligible funded programme

      • 1, 3, 5 – 7 – Descriptions updated

    • Funding Model – New codes and descriptions added:

      • 11 - Tailored Learning (non-formula-funded provision)

      • 38 - Adult Skills Fund (formula-funded provision)

    • Programme Type – Description updated for code 30, Code 24 removed:

      • 30 - T Level Foundation Year

      • 24 – Traineeships (removed)

    • Employment Outcome – Field has been removed.

    • Source of Funding – Description added for code 120

      • 120 - North East Combined Authority

    • Special Fee Indicator – Descriptions updated for codes 2 and 3

      • 2 - Language year abroad and not full-year outgoing ERASMUS+/Turing Scheme

      • 3 - Full-year outgoing ERASMUS+/Turing Scheme

    • LDM – Various Codes added or removed and descriptions updated

      • 347 and 348 removed

      • 355, 363, 379 and 377 – Descriptions updated to include valid to dates

      • 388 – 391 – Added with descriptions

      • 375, 378, 381 – 387 – Descriptions updated

    • Tailored Learning Outcome – Field created and new codes and descriptions added

      • 1 – 11 – Added with descriptions.

    • Country – Description updated for Aland Islands

    • Area of Learning – Field has been removed

Reference Data

Data Entry Screens

  • Special Details on Enrolment Details Screen

    • The Tailored Learning Outcome field has been added to the Special Details tab.

      ILR Special Details Tailored Learning Outcome

    • The Employment Outcome field has been moved to the Redundant fields (For 2024/25 Onwards) section of the Special Details tab.

      Special Details Employment Outcome

  • ILR Manager Aims tab

    • The Tailored Learning Outcome field has been added.

      ILR Aims Tailored Learning Outcome

    • The Comm Learn Purpose field has been renamed to Tail Learn Purpose.

      ILR Aims Tailored Learning Purpose

    • The Employment Outcome field has been moved before the Created Date field with other redundant fields.

ILR Output

  • The 2024/25 funding year (funding year 31) can now be selected in ILR Manager.

    ILR output 24/25

    • The output file name format is ILR-LLLLLLLL-YYYY-yyyymmdd-hhmmss-NN.XML, where:

      • ILR – the output type

      • LLLLLLLL – the UK provider reference number (UKPRN)

      • YYYY – the year of collection (for example: 2024 to 2025 is 2425)

      • yyyymmdd-hhmmss – the time and date of the file generation

      • NN – the serial number of the file

  • The PreUKPRN and PreLearnRefNumber fields will now be available for all learners in the output file.

  • The following required fields will appear in the output for the new Funding Model 11 - Tailored Learning:

    • National Insurance Number

    • Planned Learning Hours

    • Employment Status

    • Date Employment Status Applies

    • Planned Hours (only in cases where the related record has Aim Type = 4)

    • Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring Type (where type is: FFI or DAM or ACL or AFL)

    • Tailored Learning Outcome

  • The following required fields will appear in the output for the new Funding Model 38 - Adult Skills Fund:

    • National Insurance Number

    • Planned Learning Hours

    • Prior Level

    • Date Level applies from

    • Learner funding and monitoring type (where type is LSR)

    • Employment Status

    • Date Employment Status Applies

    • Employment Status Monitoring Type (where type is LOU)

    • Original Learning Start Date

    • Learning Start Date Postcode

    • Additional Delivery Hours

    • Funding adjustment for prior learning

    • Other Funding Adjustment

    • Learning Delivery Funding and Monitoring Type (where type is: FFI or LSF or FLN or DAM)

  • Pathway Code and Framework Code have been removed from the output when the learning aim has a Prog Type = 31 (T-Level Programme).

  • The Employment Outcome field has been removed from the output.

  • The Destinations and Progressions entity has been removed from the output. This data for Destinations and Progressions can still be collected and kept in ebs but the section will no longer appear in the ILR output.

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