Correspondence

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

Documents

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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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
• adult skills fund devolution

Published 21 April 2026