Commentary on Sections Part 3: the Young People’s Learning Agency for England
172.Section 41 imposes a new duty on local education authorities to secure that all young people in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19, and persons aged 19 and over but under 25 for whom a learning difficulty assessment has been (or is required to be) carried out, have access to enough suitable education and training provision to meet their reasonable needs. The Young People’s Learning Agency for England is a small non-departmental public body, sponsored by DCSF and reporting to the Secretary of State, whose core purpose is to provide the funding to enable local education authorities to fulfil this duty.