This field records the UK provider reference number of the contracted provider of the learner in the previous year if different from the current teaching year.

Students at providers in England where Institution.ILRGEN = 1 and any Instance.PROGTYPE = 25.

This field should be recorded only where provision has transferred from one provider to another due to minimum contract levels, as recorded in the LearnerFAM fields using code NLM18, or if requested by the SFA.

This field records a change of UKPRN from that recorded in the previous year. It does not need to be recorded in subsequent years unless the UKPRN has changed again.

The UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN) may be acquired from the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP) which can be found at www.ukrlp.co.uk

To enable Apprenticeship funding allocations. To match together learner records from previous teaching years when producing qualification achievement rates where the provision has transferred from one provider to another due to minimum contract levels.