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Validation rules by category

Last updated:
22 October 2026

Rule name Version Status Error message
LearnDelFAMType_122 1 Active

The Full funding indicator is not valid for this learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_123 1 Active

The Full funding indicator is not valid for this learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_124 1 Active

The Full funding indicator is not valid for this learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_125 1 Active

The learning aim is not valid for Adult Skills Fund funding

LearnDelFAMType_126 1 Active

For Tailored learning starts from the 1st of August 2024 an ACL code is required

LearnDelFAMType_127 1 Active

The funding model for LDM 395 must be 38

LearnDelFAMType_128 1 Active

The funding model for LDM 396 must be 81

LearnDelFAMType_129 1 Active

The start date of the learning aim must be between the effective dates of the Free Courses for Jobs category code 56

LearnDelFAMType_130 1 Active

The Full funding indicator is not valid for this learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_131 1 Active

An LDM code is required to show how this learner is funded

LearnDelFAMType_132 1 Active

The Event Indicator is not valid for this learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_133 1 Active

The Event Indicator must be returned on the Programme aim

LearnDelFAMType_135 3 Changed

The funding model for LDM 403 must be 99

LearnDelFAMType_136 1 Active

The learner must be 19 or over at the start of the learning aim

LearnDelFAMType_137 1 Active

LDM403 can only be returned on aims starting on or after 1st April 2026

LearnDelFAMType_138 1 Changed

LDM 404 has been returned, LDM 403 must also be returned

LearnDelFAMType_139 1 Active

LDM 403 and Outcome 'Achieved' has been returned, LDM 404 must also be returned

LearnDelFAMType_140 1 Active

A valid LARS category code must be returned for this LDM code

LearnerHE_02 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must be returned

LearnFAMType_01 1 Active

The FAM type and code is not valid

LearnFAMType_03 1 Active

The FAM type and code is not valid for this Learning start date

LearnFAMType_09 1 Active

There must not be more than one record with a FAM type of HNS, EHC, DLA, SEN, MCF, ECF, FME, MMH, or EMH

LearnFAMType_10 1 Active

There must not be more than four records with a FAM type of LSR

LearnFAMType_11 1 Active

There must not be more than two records with a FAM type of EDF or NLM

LearnFAMType_14 1 Active

The learner must not have both a FAM type of SEN and EHC

LearnFAMType_15 1 Active

The learner is recorded as exempt from maths GCSE condition of funding due to a learning difficulty but there is no Education health care plan recorded

LearnFAMType_16 1 Active

The learner is recorded as exempt from English GCSE condition of funding due to a learning difficulty but there is no Education health care plan recorded

LearnFAMType_17 1 Active

NLM22 and NLM21 cannot be recorded for the same learner

LearningDeliveryHE_02 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must be returned for this Source of funding

LearningDeliveryHE_03 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must be returned for this Source of funding

LearningDeliveryHE_06 1 Deleted

A Learning Delivery HE record must not be returned for this learning aim

LearningDeliveryHE_07 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must be returned for this learning aim

LearningDeliveryHE_08 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must be returned for this learning aim

LearningDeliveryHE_09 1 Active

A Learning Delivery HE record must not be returned for this learning aim

LearningDeliveryHE_10 1 Active

A programme aim must not have the HE dataset returned

LearnPlanEndDate_02 1 Active

The Learning planned end date must not be before the Learning start date

LearnPlanEndDate_03 1 Active

The Learning planned end date must not be 10 years or more after the Learning start date

LearnPlanEndDate_04 1 New

The Learning Planned End Date can't be later than 16 weeks after the Learning Start Date for Growth and Skills Offer Apprenticeship Units

LearnStartDate_02 1 Active

The Learning start date is more than 10 years before the start of the current teaching year

LearnStartDate_03 1 Active

The Learning start date must not be after the end of the current teaching year

LearnStartDate_05 1 Active

The Learning start date must not be on or before the learner's Date of birth

LearnStartDate_12 1 Active

The Learning start date must not be more than one year in the future

LearnStartDate_13 1 Active

The Learning start date of the apprenticeship standard programme must not be after the Effective to date of this apprenticeship standard

LearnStartDate_14 1 Active

The Learning start date of the apprenticeship standard programme must not be after the Effective to date of this component aim for this standard

LearnStartDate_17 1 Active

The Learning start date of the apprenticeship standard programme must not be before the Effective From date of this apprenticeship standard

LearnStartDate_18 1 Active

The Learning start date of the apprenticeship standard programme must not be after the LastDateStarts date of this apprenticeship standard

LearnStartDate_20 1 Active

The Learning start date must not be before the start date of the contract

LearnStartDate_21 1 Active

This funding model is not valid for starts before 1 August 2022

LLDDCat_01 1 Active

The LLDD and health problem category is not a valid code

LLDDCat_02 1 Active

The LLDD and health problem category is not valid for this start date