AEB Devolution Market Engagement - Part 2 Question Title * 1. Details Name Organisation OK Question Title * 2. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is considering setting minimum contract values; What would your minimum contract value be to make delivery to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents viable and why? OK Question Title * 3. We also want to understand whether there would be value in funding additional elements of provision such as sustainable job outcomes or further progression into learning. We are seeking views on these or any other innovative elements which might usefully form part of a holistic approach to enable residents with additional barriers to progress towards or into employment Are there payment on outcome approaches that you think could be developed? What other flexibilities or changes to the current nationally funded AEB provision would providers most welcome and why? OK Question Title * 4. What do you believe to be the optimum length of an AEB contract and why? Optimum length Why OK Question Title * 5. Learner Support for AEB currently funds i) hardship funding; ii) 20+ childcare funding and iii) residential access funding – to support learners where they need to live away from home. What other elements of support could the Learner Support fund usefully be used for? What else should be eligible that isn’t already and why i.e. a clear rationale for why any other learner support funding should be made available? OK Question Title * 6. Legal learner entitlements for English and maths, up to and including level 2, first full qualification at level 2 for individuals aged 19 to 23 and first full qualification at level 3 for individuals aged 19 to 23 will remain fully funded post devolution of the AEB. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority wants to understand what other types of provision should be fully funded and why i.e. a clear rationale for why any other learners or qualifications should be fully funded? OK Question Title * 7. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority aims to put in place management systems and processes to allow sub-contracting that expands the curriculum for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents, whilst ensuring value for money for the public purse from management fees. In percentage terms, what would you consider as a reasonable cost for a management fee that ensures value for money for the public purse? How could consortium arrangements be incorporated as part of commissioning plans that could add value whilst providing value for money for the public purse? OK Question Title * 8. Performance Management Cycle: How might the timeline and scope of reporting projected performance/delivery be improved for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, allowing timelier reviews of underspend and development of evidenced applications for growth? Should grant funded providers be subject to the same in year assessments of delivery for growth and reconciliation as private training providers and why? OK Question Title * 9. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority are mindful that digital entitlement will be introduced post AEB devolution. We are seeking views on how implementing digital pilots for digital skills and accessibility of skills through digital mediums may impact on design and delivery of learning, and what advantages this could bring. OK DONE