Question: What adjustments to traineeships are acceptable?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
section_headers: Traineeship flexibilities
Extended programme duration up to 12 months
section_content: It is our priority to enable providers to support learners to continue with
their learning online during this period, until trainees are able to complete
their traineeship.
During this period, providers can extend the traineeship programme duration up
to 12 months where one or more of the following scenarios applies:

the learner has not completed their qualification and basic skills learning aims including employability, maths or English
the learner has completed less than 70 planned work experience hours
the provider has assessed the learner as needing further work placement hours to complete this element of their traineeship

This flexibility is offered on the basis that the trainee undertakes online or
alternative distance learning to complete other non-work experience learning
and/or alternative work experience learning part of the traineeship where
online learning is possible.
Where flexibilities are used, providers should record this and retain it as
evidence for audit purposes.
Providers delivering traineeships funded by ESFA AEB can also refer to section
‘5b Breaks in learning’ of this guidance for coronavirus (COVID-19) related
breaks in traineeship learning.
[ESFA]: Education Skills Funding Agency
  [AEB]: adult education budget

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is a good response that talks about some of the changes to trainee programs like extensions and other qualifications. They talk about keeping record of these changes for audits which is good to know
This is relevant to the question and provides a thorough answer. There is plenty of useful information here.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
section_headers: Traineeship flexibilities
Extending 16 to 19 study programme traineeships
section_content: Our funding guidance sets out that planned hours should not be changed after
the qualifying period unless correcting an error or starting a new study
programme in-year. However, we recognise that in the current circumstances
some students may need more hours than originally planned in order to complete
their traineeship programme.
Where learners need longer than originally planned to complete their
traineeship programme, we expect, in most cases, stretching their existing
planned hours over a longer duration should provide the flexibility providers
need.
In exceptional circumstances, where a learner with part-time hours requires
significant extra delivery, while they are unable to deliver work experience
with an employer, providers can increase the planned hours. Providers should
record where an increase of planned hours is required in the learner file and
demonstrate the need for increased hours to ensure learners remain engaged. We
may ask for this evidence through monitoring processes.
The planned end date must not under any circumstances be changed or extended
within the ILR. Providers should continue to record the end date of the
programme using ‘Learning Actual End Date’.
We expect providers to arrange alternative provision to cover the delivery
that cannot take place. The alternative delivery needs to be above the already
planned work experience hours as these cannot be funded again within the same
time period.
This is a temporary measure that applies only in this period of social
distancing and while students are not able to access work placement activity.
*[ILR]: individualised learner record

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is an acceptable answer that goes into some of the changes due to current circumstances. They outline some special cases and what happens in those events which seems to be what the question is asking
This is relevant to the question and provides useful information. However, it doesn't provide a link to verify to info.

Reviewer ratings:
Acceptable
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
section_headers: Traineeship flexibilities
Extending 19 to 24 adult education budget and 16 to 18 traineeships without 16 to 19 study programme funding
section_content: Where learners need longer than originally planned to complete their
traineeship, programme providers should stretch their existing planned
learning aims over a longer duration.
The planned end date must not under any circumstances be changed or extended
within the ILR. Providers should continue to record the end date of the
programme using ‘Learning Actual End Date’.
Additional funding demand in 2020 to 2021, as a result of the programme’s
actual end date extending from the original planned end date in 2019 to 2020,
may impact on the availability of growth in 2020 to 2021 if there is not
sufficient budget available to support demand. It is your responsibility to
ensure you meet the cost of trainees that continue into the following year
within your funding year allocation.
This is a temporary measure that applies only in this period of social
distancing and while students are not able to access work placement activity.
For more information, we are publishing a traineeship addendum to the ESFA
adult education budget funding rules 2019 to
2020 on 13 May.
[ILR]: individualised learner record
  [ESFA]: Education Skills Funding Agency

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This is relevant to the question and provides a thorough answer. This is also a link with more information provided.
This response talks about some of the changes to apprenticeships and trainee programs. It talks about the funding and changes to start and end dates with links to budget information

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable