ESF 2014 to 2020 provider guidance
DWP provider guidance for European Social Fund (ESF) 2014 to 2020 provision.
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This guidance is for Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) providers of the ESF 2014 to 2020 provision.
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Published 11 August 2016Last updated 6 March 2023 + show all updates
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Updated Chapter 6: Payments, section 6.29 relating to the Minimum Threshold – Administrative Earnings Threshold.
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Updated ESF 2014 to 2020 provider guidance: Chapter 6: Payments - paragraph 6.29 - deleted '£63 per week for young persons and apprentices'.
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Updated ESF 2014 to 2020 provider guidance Chapter 6: Payments, paragraph 6.29 - added 'for a couple rate' in earnings.
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Revised annex 10: Provider Management Information (both HTML and PDF formats). The revised versions are now dated June 2022.
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Updated COVID-19 information in ESF 2014 to 2020 provider guidance chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
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Added a new Annex 12: ESF1420 Outside Claim Limit Notification. Updated paragraph 6.46 of Chapter 6 (Payments) with information about the new annex.
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Revised chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (in HTML format) and annex 10 (in HTML and PDF formats). The revised versions are now dated June 2021. These have additional information for providers about what to do as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
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Revised chapters 2, 3. 5, 6, 7 and annexes 2 and 10. Providers can find information about the changes made in live running memo LR 26 .
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Updated 'provider guidance' chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and Annex 10 'Provider management information with amendments for use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Updated Chapter 6 'Payments' with changes to paragraph 6.22 on job outcomes for people with more than one job and more than one employer and paragraph 6.56 on fraud prevention. Updated Annex 10 on pages 14 and 23 to remove the labour market status ‘C004 Inactive, not in education or training’.
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Revised annex 1, added information about 2 Local Enterprise Partnerships: Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership and The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership.
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Updated the following, chapter 3: Participant Identification, Eligibility and Referral, chapter 5: Completing ESF Provision, ESF Participant results and Change of Circumstances, chapter 6: Payments, annex 1a: Contract Package Area Specific Information for London Employment Support for Troubled Families, and annex 10: European Social Fund (ESF) Provider Management Information (MI) Set Up and User Instructions.
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Revised chapter 6, still dated October 2018. Changes have been made to clarify the Universal Credit self-employment outcome definition. More information can be found in ESF 2014 to 2020 live running memo 21.
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Revised chapters 3, 5 and 6 and annexes 2, 6 and 8 - all are now dated October 2018. Information about the revisions can be found in ESF 2014 to 2020 live running memo 14.
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Revised versions of 'Initial data gather clerical form' (version 06/18) and 'End data gather clerical form' (version 01/17).
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Revised ESF provider guidance chapter 3, eligibility section 3.8 - changed 'more than one barrier' to 'at least one barrier'.
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Revised chapters 3, 5 and 6, and annexes 1, 1a, 2 and 10 (all are now dated March 2018). A list of the changes made to the guidance can be found in live running memo 14.
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Revised chapters 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7, glossary of terms, and annexes 1, 8, 9 and 10 (all are now dated November 2017). The changes include eligibility information for North East and Leeds (Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield) Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).
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Revised chapters 1, 3 and 5 - now dated September 2017. The changes include clarification of the referral process for Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) cases.
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Added memo LR10 - information about recent changes made to the provider guidance.
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Revised chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and annexes 1, 1a, 2, 8, 9, 10, 10 form 1 and 10 form 2 (all now dated July 2017). Also published 2 new forms, annex 11: PRAP11 and annex 11: PRAP11J - both are also dated July 2017.
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Published revised versions of chapters 3, 5 and 6 and Annex 1. Minor changes including changes to paragraph numbers.
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Revised chapters 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and annexes 1, 8, 9 and 10 (all now dated April 2017) - there have been amendments to the referral to start touch points and further expansion of the outcome evidence requirements. The guidance had also been updated to provide clearer information about generic eligibility on the 26 week unemployed/inactive criteria.
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Published revised versions of chapter 1, annex 1, and annex 10 (all dated December 2016) and forms 1 and 2 (both dated 11/16). Also published new annex 1a (dated December 2016). A list of the changes made to the guidance can be found in live running memo LR 05.
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Published revised chapters 3, 5 and 6, annexes 1, 7 and 8 and a new annex 10. All versions are dated November 2016. A list of the changes made to the guidance can be found in live running memo LR 04.
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