Local authorities have always maintained that they need LSC staff's expertise and skills for the £7bn transfer to run smoothly.
But it has emerged that the LSC has a high rate of vacancies in the Greater London region. Where posts remain unfilled, councils will be transferred vacancies as opposed to staff. This means that councils will receive fewer expert commissioning staff than expected.
Aidan Relf, spokesman for the Association of Learning Providers, warned that provision for young people must be protected, regardless of problems with staff.
He said: "If there is a danger that gaps in provision will result because of the transfer, it makes all the more sense for the Young People's Learning Agency to commission services nationally."
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