Adult skills fund: devolved grant determination letters 2026

Letters to devolved areas outlining adult skills fund (ASF) and free courses for jobs funding for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.

From:: Department for Work and Pensions
Published: 21 April 2026

Applies to England

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Strategic Authorities S31 adult skills fund funding for 2026 to 2027

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Foundation Strategic Authorities S31 free courses for jobs funding for 2026 to 2027

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These grant determination letters confirm the amount of funding for 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. They cover the adult skills fund (ASF) grant payments (non-ring fenced), skills bootcamps payments (non-ring fenced) and free courses for jobs (both ring-fenced and non-ringfenced) funding.

The funding is transferred from the department to local authorities under section聽.

These are the specified Strategic Authorities who are responsible for administrating the聽ASF聽in their devolved area:

Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cornwall
Devon and Torbay
East Midlands
Greater Lincolnshire
Hull and East Yorkshire
Lancashire
Surrey
Tees Valley
Warwickshire
West of England
York and North Yorkshire

The following information is also available:

exercise of delegated adult education functions: guidance for the Mayor of London
devolved adult education functions聽statutory guidance for combined authorities
adult skills fund devolution

Published 21 April 2026

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