Part 4The Chief Executive of Skills Funding
Chapter 1Establishment and main duties
Education and training for persons aged 19 or over etc.
87Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: provision of facilities
1
The Chief Executive must secure the provision of proper facilities for relevant education or training for persons falling within subsection (3) which is suitable to their requirements.
2
Relevant education or training is education or vocational training provided by means of a course of study for a qualification to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 applies.
3
The persons falling within this subsection are persons who—
a
are aged 19 or over, and are not persons aged under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment,
b
do not have the qualification in question or one (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Chief Executive to be at a comparable or higher level, and
c
satisfy such conditions as may be specified in regulations.
4
Facilities are proper if they are—
a
of a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and
b
of a quality adequate to meet those needs.
5
In discharging the duty under subsection (1) the Chief Executive must—
a
take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;
b
take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;
c
take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;
d
act with a view to encouraging diversity of education and training available to individuals;
e
act with a view to increasing opportunities for individuals to exercise choice;
f
make the best use of the Chief Executive’s resources.
6
For the purposes of this section—
“education” includes full-time and part-time education;
“training” includes full-time and part-time training.