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ESFA framework document

Sets out the broad framework within which the Education and Skills Funding Agency will operate, and its relationship with the Department for Education.

Updates to this page

From:
Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
Published:
21 November 2017
Last updated:
11 January 2023
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  1. An updated version of the 'ESFA framework document' and a 'Delegated authority letter to the ESFA' have been added.

  2. We have published the latest ESFA framework document.

  3. First published.

This publication was withdrawn on

The Education and Skills Funding Agency closed 31 March 2025.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] ESFA framework document

PDF, 1.06 MB, 48 pages

[Withdrawn] Delegated authority letter to the ESFA

PDF, 945 KB, 24 pages

Details

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) framework document sets out the governance arrangements between ESFA and the Department for Education (DfE).

The delegated authority letter to ESFA sets out ESFA’s updated delegated spending authorities. The delegated authorities give ESFA authorisation to commit resources or incur expenditure without prior approval from DfE in specific areas and within specific limits.

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