2010
ULN becomes mandatory – are you prepared?
Published:
28 July 2010
Changes to the ILR Specification for 2010/11 will come into effect on 01 August 2010. Full details of all the changes are available in the ILR Changes presentation on the information authority website.
These include changes to the requirements for the Unique Learner Number (ULN):
- For LR01, ER01, ER02 and ER03 collections, a validation warning will be generated for all funded learning aims for which the learner does not have a ULN and where the learning start date is more than 60 calendar days before the reference date for the return.
- For subsequent ILR returns (LR02 and ER04 onwards), all funded learning aims (with a planned or actual duration of 14 days or more) where the learning start date is more than 60 calendar days before the reference date for the return must have a valid ULN – otherwise, the learning aim will not be validated (will be rejected).*
*For OLASS learners, there may be exceptional circumstances where the offender is in custody and cannot be registered for a ULN, in this case the provider can use 9999999999.
If you have any queries on this please contact the
Service Desk on
0870 267 0001.
ULN best practice guide – coming soon!
Working in partnership,
the information authority,
the Data Service and the
Learning Records Service (formerly MIAP) will be releasing a ULN best practice guide in mid-August and will be available from the Learning Records Service website.
