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Student 2018/19 - Employment status monitoring code

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Student 2018/19

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Employment status monitoring code


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Typefield
Short nameESMCODE
Description

This field identifies additional monitoring data associated with the employment status.

Applicable toEngland
Coverage

All EmploymentStatusMonitoring records that are returned.

Notes

For additional guidance please refer to the Employment Status Monitoring entity notes.

The following table shows valid codes for ESMCODE depending on the value in EmploymentStatusMonitoring.ESMTYPE.

ESM type ESM code Description
SEI 1 Learner is self employed
EII 1 Learner is employed for 16 hours or more per week
EII 2 Learner is employed for less than 16 hours per week
EII 3 Learner is employed for 16 - 19 hours per week
EII 4 Learner is employed for 20 hours or more per week
EII 5 Learner is employed for 0 to 10 hours per week
EII 6 Learner is employed for 11 to 20 hours per week
EII 7 Learner is employed for 21 to 30 hours per week
EII 8 Learner is employed for 31+ hours per week
LOU 1 Learner has been unemployed for less than 6 months
LOU 2 Learner has been unemployed for 6-11 months
LOU 3 Learner has been unemployed for 12-23 months
LOU 4 Learner has been unemployed for 24-35 months
LOU 5 Learner has been unemployed for 36 months or more
LOE 1 Learner has been employed for up to 3 months
LOE 2 Learner has been employed for 4 months - 6 months
LOE 3 Learner has been employed for 7 months - 12 months
LOE 4 Learner has been employed for more than 12 months
BSI 1 Learner is in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
BSI 2 Learner is in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance - Work Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG)
BSI 3 Learner is in receipt of another state benefit other than JSA, Universal Credit or ESA (WRAG)
BSI 4 Learner is in receipt of Universal Credit
BSI 5-10 Unassigned
PEI 1 Learner was in full time education or training prior to enrolment
SEM 1 Small employer

Codes 1-4 for ESMTYPE=EII should only be used for continuing students, with a COMDATE prior to 01/08/2018.

Quality rules
Quality rules relating to this entity are displayed here.
Reason required To monitor economic activity of learners, support delivery of programmes for the unemployed and establish eligibility for ESF funded programmes.
Part of
Field length2
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Schema components
Element: ESMCODE
Data type: ESMCODEType
OwnerEducation and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
Version1.1
Date modified2019-04-11
Change management notesGuidance had been updated to add back in ESM codes 1-4 to be used for continuing students with a COMDATE prior to 31/07/2018.

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