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Change description : 2026-08-18 15:15:00: Added ‘Contract for services: DWP adult skills fund extension’. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

DfE funding agreements and contracts: 2026 to 2027

Grant funding agreements and contracts issued to providers, which are either extensions of the 2025 to 2026 agreements and contracts, or recently procured contracts.

From:
Department for Education
PublishedPublished:
6 May 2026
Last updated:
18 August 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Contract for services: procured non-levy apprenticeships, education and training

PDF, 1.08 MB, 100 pages

Contract for services: DWP adult skills fund extension

PDF, 3.79 MB, 179 pages

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Details

The contracts set out:out the:

  • the obligations of the education and training provider in return for receiving public funding from the departmentDepartment of Education (DfE)
  • the circumstances in which theDfE department will take intervention action in the event of educational, financial or other failure of the provider

This page contains education and skills agreements and contracts for 2026 to 2027. For agreements and contracts to other years, see the DfE funding agreements and contracts collection page.

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Updates to this page

Published 6 May 2026
Last updated 18 August 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Added 'Contract for services: DWP adult skills fund extension'.

  2. First published.

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Update history

2026-08-18 15:15
Added ‘Contract for services: DWP adult skills fund extension’.

2026-05-06 15:41
First published.