The Labour administration set up the transfer so that local authorities would become responsible for commissioning and paying for the education and training of all children up to the age of 19.
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was scrapped and three new bodies were set up, including the Young People’s Learning Agency (YPLA), which was created to provide councils with the cash to pay for local 16 to 19 provision, such as college or apprenticeship places.
But Gove has decided that the system created by the last government is too bureaucratic. The YPLA, not local authorities, will now be charged with paying for student places at further education colleges, sixth form colleges and other training providers from August.
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