ILR specification: 2025 to 2026

Contract Reference Number: Field

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Definition

A reference number, assigned by your funding organisation, for specific provision.

Reason Required

For contract management and reporting.

Schema Definitions

XML Entity Name
ConRefNumber
Field Length
20
Data type
RestrictedString
Minimum occurrences
0
Maximum occurrences
1

Collection Requirements

  • Skills Bootcamps (FundModel 37)
  • Apprenticeships (FundModel 36)

Notes

Skills Bootcamps

  • This field must be completed for all Skills Bootcamps funded learning aims. It is completed with the contract reference number from the provider's Summary of Funding.

  • Where the contract reference number is stored in the Funding and Contracting Service this number will be in the format of 'SB-contract reference-deliverable code' or 'SBA-contract reference-deliverable code'. The contract reference prefix SBA is used for Pathway to Accelerated Apprenticeships rather than SB. The deliverable code will be after the contract reference following the second hyphen.

  • Where the contract reference number is stored in the Skills Bootcamps Contracts database for funding organisations, this number will be in the format of 'Prefix-UKPRN-Suffix'. The prefix is 'XSB', the UKPRN is the UKPRN of the funding organisation and the Suffix is 7 characters which will be assigned to the contract or agreement when the details are entered by the funding organisation. This value will increment from A000001 to A999999.

Apprenticeships

  • For participating providers only (see Provider Support Manual) this field is completed with the Employer Agreement ID found in the Apprenticeship service and is a 6 character string.

  • This Contract Reference Number field in the ILR must match the Employer Agreement ID in the Apprenticeship Service. This field must be completed on all learning aims within the learning programme that have the same Employer Agreement ID.