Education and Skills Act 2008

69 Directions

(1) The Secretary of State may give directions to a local education authority—

(a) specifying the services to be made available to young persons and relevant young adults in the exercise of the authority’s functions under section 68(1);

(b) specifying the descriptions of individual who may be involved, in ways specified in the direction, in the provision of such services;

(c) requiring the authority to secure that any person by whom such services are provided (whether the authority or any other person) co-operates with—

(i) any person providing services under section 74;

(ii) any person exercising functions, or providing services, which relate to social security or are connected with finding suitable employment, education or training for young persons or relevant young adults;

(d) as to the names and symbols to be used, in ways specified in the direction, in connection with services provided in pursuance of section 68(1);

(e) imposing requirements as to—

(i) the keeping of records, or

(ii) the provision of information to local education authorities and persons providing services in pursuance of section 68(1),

in connection with the provision of such services.

(2) The Secretary of State may direct a local education authority to exercise its functions under section 68(1) in such a way that the person who provides services (whether the local education authority or any other person), or such services as are specified in the direction, as a result of the exercise of those functions is a person who also—

(a) exercises such functions, or

(b) provides such services,

as are specified in the direction.

(3) Functions or services specified under subsection (2)—

(a) need not relate to education or training, and

(b) may, in particular, be functions or services relating to social security.

(4) A direction under this section may be varied or revoked by a later direction.

(5) Different directions may be given under this section in relation to different descriptions of service.