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Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files

Data file for AEB devolution, showing the funding bodies responsible for funding each postcode in England.

Documents

Complete AEB postcode dataset

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Devolved AEB postcode dataset

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Spreadsheet friendly A-K AEB postcode dataset

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Spreadsheet friendly L-R AEB postcode dataset

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Spreadsheet friendly S-Z AEB postcode dataset

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2020 to 2021 devolution postcode dataset guidance

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2019 to 2020 devolution postcode dataset guidance

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How to access the data

The complete AEB postcode dataset is too large for you to open conventionally in spreadsheet software. You can load this file into a database or BI software to query the whole dataset.

To allow you to view the data in a spreadsheet, we have split the complete AEB postcode dataset into several spreadsheet readable csv files.

Devolved AEB Postcode File

  • Devolved AEB postcode dataset.csv

This file contains just the postcodes from the complete AEB postcode file that fall within devolved authority areas.

Spreadsheet Friendly AEB Postcode Files

  • Spreadsheet friendly A-K AEB postcode dataset.csv

This file contains all postcodes from the complete AEB postcode file that begin with the letters A to K, including all ESFA funded, devolved authority funded and non-funded British (Welsh and Scottish) postcodes.

  • Spreadsheet friendly L-R AEB postcode dataset.csv

This file contains all postcodes from the complete AEB postcode file that begin with the letters L to R, including all ESFA funded, devolved authority funded and non-funded British (Welsh and Scottish) postcodes.

  • Spreadsheet friendly S-Z AEB postcode dataset.csv

This file contains all postcodes from the complete AEB postcode file that begin with the letters S to Z, including all ESFA funded, devolved authority funded and non-funded British (Welsh and Scottish) postcodes.

What this data is for

We use this data in the funding system to support publicly funded education and skills in England; covering the adult education budget, both in devolved and non-devolved areas.

The guidance document accompanying the data file explains how we use this data and what you can do with it to aid your enrolment of learners, and creation of ILR data.

Published 29 July 2019
Last updated 29 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. We have updated the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  2. We have revised the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  3. We have updated the AEB postcode data sets. We have also added the 2023 to 2024 devolution postcode dataset guidance.

  4. We have revised the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  5. We have revised the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  6. We have revised the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  7. We have updated the AEB postcode data sets. We have also added the 2022 to 2023 devolution postcode dataset guidance.

  8. We have updated the adult education budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  9. We have updated the Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode datasets.

  10. We have updated the AEB postcode data sets. We have also added the 2021 to 2022 devolution postcode dataset guidance.

  11. We have added the file 2021 to 2022 West Yorkshire Combined Authority postcode dataset (based on Feb 2021 ONS)

  12. We have updated the Adult Education Budget (AEB) postcode files.

  13. We have added the devolution postcode dataset guidance and data for 2020 to 2021.

  14. We have updated the data sets. They relate to the data that has been updated in the Data Collections system.

  15. We have updated the postcode data files to reflect the latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) data release

  16. First published.