ILR specification: 2024 to 2025

Financial support amount: Field

Definition

This field records the amount of financial support received by the student.

Reason Required

Required by the OfS for monitoring providers’ access and participation plan targets where these relate to providing financial support to students, and to improve understanding of whether or how risks to equality of opportunity can be effectively mitigated through bursaries and other forms of financial support.

Schema Definitions

XML Entity Name
FINAMOUNT
Field Length
6
Data type
xs:int
Minimum occurrences
1
Maximum occurrences
1

Collection Requirements

  • Collected for all learners

Valid Entries

Must contain a value in the range 0 to 999999

Notes

  • Financial support amount has to be submitted in pounds to the nearest whole pound.

  • Submitted in conjunction with the associated field FINTYPE to provide amounts for each type of Financial Support.

  • To reduce burden on providers, support given to students included in the coverage of the Financial Support entity which is £50 or less per item within each category must not be included. Amounts of more than £50 per item should be included.

  • Values to be returned in pounds sterling (£).