To all local authority:
- Chief Executives
- Directors of Children’s Services
- Lead Members for Children and
- Chief Finance Officers in all Local Authorities
25 January 2018
Dear Colleague,
Re: S31 Grant Determination Letter for the SEND Preparation for Employment Grant 2018 [DfE Ref:GR1000360/ MHCLG ref: 31/3185]
This Determination is made between:
(1) The Secretary of State for Education and
(2) The local authorities listed at Annex A.
Purpose of the grant
Local authorities can spend this one-off grant to promote supported internships and other preparation for employment activity for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which is a critical aspect of the SEND reforms. They may, however, choose how to spend the money in order to best meet local need.
The Department’s expectation is that local authorities will use the funding provided to:
- provide job coach training to increase the pool of expert job coaches available to support young people with SEND on work placements; and
- set up local supported internship forums. We anticipate that a local forum would bring together education providers, local authorities, employers and other key figures to identify local opportunities and overcome the local barriers to create a supported internship programme.
We would expect the majority of local authorities to appoint a full time supported internship coordinator to develop local supported internship forums and arrange job coach training. We believe that establishing the forums and delivering the job coach training will support the sustainability of supported internships beyond the life of the funding.
Some success measures which local authorities may wish to employ are provided at Annex B.
Grant allocations
Total funding of £9,690,000 is available for this programme from January 2018 – March 2019. Funds will be made available in the form of a non-ringfenced grant.
Payment arrangements
Payment will be made in one instalment in January 2018.
Arrangements for keeping in touch with the Department for Education and the Delivery Support Contractor
Formal reporting to the Department for Education on progress is not a condition of this grant. However, the Department for Education will ask local authorities to provide a voluntary return about increased activity on preparation for employment, including supported internships.
The Department for Education would also be happy to receive any information about effective practice and increased activity on preparation for employment that local authorities may gather.
This letter has been copied to the Chief Finance Officer of all local authorities, all Directors of Children’s Services, local authority SEN policy leads and to Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Enquiries
For all enquiries about the SEND Preparation for Employment Grant, please contact .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Education,
Director of Lifeskills, Disadvantage and SEND
Department for Education
SEND PREPARATION FOR EMPLOYMENT GRANT DETERMINATION 2018 [DfE Ref: GR1000360 / MHCLG ref: 31/3185]
The Minister of State for Education (“the Minister of State”), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, makes the following determination:
Citation
1) This determination may be cited as the SEND Preparation for Employment Grant Determination 2018 [DfE Ref: GR1000360 /MHCLG ref: 31/3185].
Purpose of the grant
2) The purpose of the grant is to provide support to local authorities in England towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by them.
Determination
3) The Minister of State for Education determines as the authorities to which grant is to be paid and the amount of grant to be paid, the authorities and the amounts set out in Annex A.
Payment arrangements
4) The grant will be paid in one instalment to local authorities as set out in Annex A on, or by, 14 February 2018.
Treasury consent
5) Before making this determination in relation to local authorities in England, the Minister of State for Education obtained the consent of the Treasury.
Signed on behalf of the Minister of State for Education by Ann Gross, Director, Department for Education,
Director of Lifeskills, Disadvantage and SEND
Department for Education
25 January 2018
ANNEX A
Allocations
SEND Preparation for Employment Grant 2018
LA Name / Allocation amountCity of London / £25,674
Camden / £52,733
Greenwich / £63,941
Hackney / £61,023
Hammersmith and Fulham / £45,220
Islington / £48,828
Kensington and Chelsea / £41,481
Lambeth / £61,595
Lewisham / £64,423
Southwark / £62,014
Tower Hamlets / £63,871
Wandsworth / £60,654
Westminster / £50,718
Barking and Dagenham / £58,339
Barnet / £73,204
Bexley / £54,680
Brent / £67,299
Bromley / £63,328
Croydon / £74,415
Ealing / £70,126
Enfield / £68,805
Haringey / £58,331
Harrow / £55,792
Havering / £54,215
Hillingdon / £63,664
Hounslow / £58,931
Kingston upon Thames / £45,416
Merton / £50,699
Newham / £71,188
Redbridge / £64,586
Richmond upon Thames / £48,908
Sutton / £50,103
Waltham Forest / £59,558
Birmingham / £164,220
Coventry / £62,252
Dudley / £58,135
Sandwell / £63,669
Solihull / £47,384
Walsall / £57,100
Wolverhampton / £53,657
Knowsley / £40,862
Liverpool / £69,949
St. Helens / £42,636
Sefton / £50,934
Wirral / £57,795
Bolton / £57,632
Bury / £45,865
Manchester / £83,547
Oldham / £53,567
Rochdale / £50,071
Salford / £51,650
Stockport / £55,353
Tameside / £48,987
Trafford / £51,692
Wigan / £58,021
Barnsley / £49,156
Doncaster / £56,652
Rotherham / £52,360
Sheffield / £81,701
Bradford / £93,025
Calderdale / £47,326
Kirklees / £72,986
Leeds / £104,891
Wakefield / £59,038
Gateshead / £44,517
Newcastle upon Tyne / £52,908
North Tyneside / £44,655
South Tyneside / £39,305
Sunderland / £51,355
Isles of Scilly / £25,179
Bath and North East Somerset / £42,667
Bristol, City of / £71,280
North Somerset / £46,229
South Gloucestershire / £53,611
Hartlepool / £34,673
Middlesbrough / £40,587
Redcar and Cleveland / £38,237
Stockton-on-Tees / £45,749
Kingston upon Hull, City of / £52,105
East Riding of Yorkshire / £55,587
North East Lincolnshire / £41,529
North Lincolnshire / £42,102
North Yorkshire / £82,005
York / £43,048
Luton / £52,984
Bedford / £44,142
Central Bedfordshire / £54,966
Buckinghamshire / £86,844
Milton Keynes / £58,569
Derbyshire / £99,278
Derby / £53,684
Dorset / £62,546
Poole / £39,591
Bournemouth / £42,344
County Durham / £73,821
Darlington / £35,907
East Sussex / £76,650
Brighton and Hove / £50,138
Hampshire / £164,958
Portsmouth / £46,888
Southampton / £49,852
Leicestershire / £91,596
Leicester / £65,304
Rutland / £28,803
Staffordshire / £107,044
Stoke-on-Trent / £52,350
Wiltshire / £76,389
Swindon / £49,096
Bracknell Forest / £39,647
Windsor and Maidenhead / £42,764
West Berkshire / £43,271
Reading / £43,570
Slough / £46,252
Wokingham / £44,278
Cambridgeshire / £91,429
Peterborough / £48,954
Halton / £38,743
Warrington / £46,672
Devon / £94,772
Plymouth / £50,456
Torbay / £37,311
Essex / £175,764
Southend-on-Sea / £43,800
Thurrock / £46,003
Herefordshire, County of / £42,491
Worcestershire / £81,318
Kent / £187,800
Medway / £55,875
Lancashire / £144,687
Blackburn with Darwen / £43,525
Blackpool / £38,888
Nottinghamshire / £104,803
Nottingham / £58,083
Shropshire / £53,906
Telford and Wrekin / £44,075
Cheshire East / £61,741
Cheshire West and Chester / £57,490
Cornwall / £76,610
Cumbria / £70,008
Gloucestershire / £86,889
Hertfordshire / £160,564
Isle of Wight / £37,525
Lincolnshire / £94,726
Norfolk / £107,213
Northamptonshire / £105,045
Northumberland / £53,620
Oxfordshire / £96,570
Somerset / £78,302
Suffolk / £98,636
Surrey / £159,529
Warwickshire / £80,392
West Sussex / £109,054
England / £9,690,000
ANNEX B
Success Measures
[DfE Ref: GR1000360 /MHCLG ref: 31/3185].
Our aspiration is that each local authority will develop around 20 supported internship placements over the coming year – this will vary depending on the size of the local authority.
Success measures which local authorities may wish to employ when assessing the impact of this grant might include:
•substantial increases in the number of schools and colleges offering supported internships;
•an increased number of FE providers within local authorities offering supported internships as part of their Local Offer; and
•an increase in the number of college students reporting participation in supported internships via their ILR (Individualised Learner Record) returns.