John Frank Training

(asked on 13th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of John Frank Training which left no assets, despite recording a profit of £1.3 million in the first half of 2016.


Answered by
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Lord Nash
This question was answered on 23rd March 2017

To be eligible to receive Advanced Learner Loans funding, all providers must be listed on the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) Register of Training Organisations. The Register includes due diligence, for example, compliance with legislation and capacity and capability questions designed to assess the ability of the provider to deliver contracts to the required standard and determine whether the provider is financially robust.

The SFA considers a provider’s track record of delivering education and training.

For providers delivering only loan-funded provision a financial health assessment of ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ is required.

Once providers have met the entry criteria, and approved to offer loan-funded provision to learners, they are subject to a range of further measures and controls. These include reviews of their financial health, audit and assessment of their qualification achievement rates. Providers are also required to comply with robust funding and performance rules.

An administrator has been appointed to investigate the finances of John Frank Training Ltd. It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.

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