If a trainee defers from their course and then withdraws, providers are meant to use the trainee’s deferral date as their withdrawal date - as this is the date they were last on the course.
Previously our withdrawal page asked for a withdrawal date - but if the trainee is already deferred we don’t want providers to have a choice of date. Instead we’ll tell the provider that we’ll use the existing deferral date as the withdrawal date.
Our previous withdrawal date question:
![Our existing withdrawal page asking for date of withdrawal.](previous-date-question.png)
New alternative withdrawal date question:
![Instead of asking for the date, we notify the provider that we’ll use the deferral date.](deferred-inset-text.png)
The deferral date is shown on the confirmation page, but cannot be changed.
![The deferral date is shown on the confirmation page, and cannot be changed.](withdrawal-confirmation.png)