Adult Skills Fund Devolved Grant Determination Letters 2026 to 2027
Summary
The Department for Work and Pensions has issued grant determination letters to 13 Strategic Authorities in England confirming Adult Skills Fund (ASF) and Free Courses for Jobs funding for the 2026 to 2027 financial year (1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027). The letters cover ASF grant payments, Skills Bootcamps payments, and Free Courses for Jobs funding, all transferred under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.
What changed
The DWP has published grant determination letters confirming the amount of Adult Skills Fund (ASF) and Free Courses for Jobs funding allocated to 13 Strategic Authorities in England for the 2026 to 2027 financial year. The funding covers ASF grant payments, Skills Bootcamps payments, and Free Courses for Jobs funding, all transferred from the department to local authorities under section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.
Strategic Authorities responsible for administering the Adult Skills Fund in their devolved areas should review the grant determination letters and prepare for the receipt and administration of these funds for the 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 period.
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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 Get emails about this page
Applies to England
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Strategic Authorities S31 adult skills fund funding for 2026 to 2027
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Details
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 31 of the Local Government Act 2003.
These are the specified Strategic Authorities who are responsible for administrating the ASF 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 statutory guidance for combined authorities
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Published 21 April 2026
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