Here is an extract from a long statement made on 17 March 2008 by Mark Haysom, Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council about the winding up of the LSC over the next couple of years, possibly prejudging somewhat the outcome of a consultation that has been launched on the Department for Schools, Children, and Families web site, which does not close till 9 June 2008:
"In summary, there will be two new bodies that will continue to drive ahead the huge agenda that we have been charged with since 2001. For young people there will be a new national Non Departmental Public Body, with some regional capacity, which will support local authorities in their new role in commissioning and funding 14-19 provision. Local capacity on 14-19 will therefore, as expected, be with Local Authorities. For adults there will be a new Skills Funding Agency, again with some regional capacity, which will oversee the distribution of funds to the sector and manage the performance of FE colleges. The Agency will also house the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), the National Employer Service, and the Adult Careers and Advancement Agency. As has already been announced, the Train to Gain brokerage service will transfer to Regional Development Agencies in April 2009.
Although there is still a great deal of work to be done to flesh out the detail of the proposals, what we now know is that in 2010 some of our staff will transfer to local authorities and some will move across to the two new organisations. Even before that, some staff will move over within the LSC to work for the NAS which is aiming to be up and running by April 2009 at the latest. Throughout the transition period we will work with and support all our staff as we move to the new arrangements."
If anything it looks as if things will finish being at least as complicated as at present - eloquently described by Frank Coffield in The Impact of Policy on Learning and Inclusion in the New Learning and Skills Sector. Diagrams [130 kB PDF].
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