Guidance

Multiply: funding available to improve adult numeracy skills

Documents to help local areas write investment plans for delivering the Multiply adult numeracy programme.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 13 April 2022
• Last updated: 12 December 2023
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  1. 12 December 2023

     Added ‘Multiply financial year 2023 to 2024 assurance: guidance for upper tier and unitary authorities’ and ‘Multiply financial year 2023 to 2024 assurance: guidance for Greater London Authority and Mayoral Combined Authorities’.

  2. 7 July 2023

     Updated 'Multiply technical guidance' to reflect recent policy developments.

  3. 18 April 2023

     Updated 'Indicative allocations for local areas' to remove the figures for Cumbria in financial year 2 and 3 as it has closed. Figures for Westmoreland and Furness have been added.

  4. 31 May 2022

     Corrected 'Multiply investment plan template for section A question 2' to add an extra option in column C.

  5. 3 May 2022

     Added the Multiply investment template document and spreadsheet.

  6. 13 April 2022

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 1 April 2025

The Multiply adult numeracy programme closed on 31 March 2025.

Applies to England

Documents

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply investment prospectus

PDF, 708 KB, 19 pages

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply technical guidance

PDF, 671 KB, 17 pages

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply financial year 2023 to 2024 assurance: guidance for upper tier and unitary authorities

PDF, 754 KB, 14 pages

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply financial year 2023 to 2024 assurance: guidance for Greater London Authority and Mayoral Combined Authorities

PDF, 808 KB, 18 pages

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply investment plan template

ODT, 76.1 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

[WITHDRAWN] Multiply investment plan template for section A question 2

ODS, 19.5 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

[WITHDRAWN] Indicative allocations for local areas

CSV, 6.43 KB

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Details

The investment prospectus provides guidance on how local authorities in England can access funding to improve numeracy skills for adults (aged 19 and above).

The technical guidance document provides detailed guidance for local authorities in England on Multiply, including:

• the allocation methodology
• assurance and grant management mechanisms
• the reporting framework

The Multiply investment template document and spreadsheet are for the Greater London Authority, mayoral combined authorities and upper tier or unitary authorities outside these areas in England. Complete and return these by 8 January 2024.

Indicative allocations for local areas gives details of the funding allocations for local authorities in England for the financial years:

• 2022 to 2023
• 2023 to 2024
• 2024 to 2025