Section 30: repeal of diploma entitlement for 16 to 18 year olds
171.Section 30 amends sections 45, 48 and 86 of ASCLA 2009 by removing references to the “additional entitlement”.
172.Section 45 of ASCLA 2009, which has not yet been brought into force, provides for EA 1996 to be amended by inserting into it new sections 17A to 17D. These currently place a duty on local authorities in England to secure for 16 to 18 year olds the “core” and “additional” entitlements. The additional entitlement is defined by section 17D(1) of EA 1996 as an entitlement to follow a course of study in an area specified by order by the Secretary of State and no order has been made. Subsections (2) to (6) amend new sections 17A to 17D by removing from them all references to “additional entitlements” so that when section 45 is commenced the duties under sections 17A to 17D of EA 1996 will only relate to the “core” entitlement.
173.Reference to the “additional entitlements” are also removed from section 48 (which requires the local authority to have regard to the desirability of the additional element in considering whether education for persons subject to youth detention is suitable) and 86 of ASCLA 2009 (which requires the Chief Executive of Skills Funding to have regard to the desirability of the additional entitlement in exercising certain functions relating to education for over 19s and people subject to adult detention).