Last week, it emerged that councils had been given legal responsibility for young offender education seven months earlier than expected because of an "administrative error". The current government had wanted to delay the introduction of the duty after it was initiated by Labour in 2009.
Responsibility for funding and contracts for young offender education was instead expected to transfer from the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) to councils immediately, as a result of the error.
But a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spokeswoman told CYP Now that the government is now considering "whether it makes sense for the duties to transfer from the YPLA to local authorities".
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