Education Act 2002

14 Power of Secretary of State and National Assembly for Wales to give financial assistance for purposes related to education or [F1 children etc] E+W

(1) The Secretary of State (in relation to England) or the National Assembly for Wales (in relation to Wales) may give, or make arrangements for the giving of, financial assistance to any person for or in connection with any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Those purposes are—

(a) the provision, or proposed provision, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of education or of educational services;

(b) the provision, or proposed provision, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, of childcare or of services related to childcare;

(c) enabling any person to undertake any course of education, or any course of higher education provided by an institution within the further education sector;

[F2 (ca) enabling any person to receive any training for teachers or for non-teaching staff;]

(d) providing for a person’s maintenance while he undertakes such a course;

(e) the promotion of learning or research;

(f) the promotion of the use of educational buildings or facilities for purposes other than those of education;

(g) the provision of any form of training for teachers or for non-teaching staff;

(h) the promotion of the recruitment or retention of teachers or non-teaching staff;

(i) the remuneration of, or provision of other benefits to, teachers or non-teaching staff.

[F3 (j) the promotion of the welfare of children and their parents;

(k) the provision of support for parenting (including support for prospective parents).]

[F4 (2ZA) In subsection [F5 (2)], “training for teachers or for non-teaching staff” includes—

(a) any training or education (whether or not constituting higher education) with the object of fitting persons to be teachers or non-teaching staff, or better teachers or non-teaching staff, and

(b) any assessment related to the award of a qualification or status to teachers or non-teaching staff, or prospective teachers or non-teaching staff.]

[F6 (2A) In subsection (2)(j), “children” means persons under the age of twenty.]

(3) In this section—

• “education” includes—

  (a)

  vocational training (including the preparation of young people for employment in general), and

  (b)

  social and physical training (including the promotion of the development of young children),

  but [F7 , except in subsection (2ZA)(a),] does not include higher education, and “educational” shall be construed accordingly;

• “educational services” includes administrative, advisory, organisational, training or information services related to education;

• “non-teaching staff” means persons who are not teachers but who—

  (a)

  are employed at, or otherwise engaged to work at, a school or an institution within the further education sector,

  (b)

  are employed by, or engaged to provide services for, a [F8 local authority] [F9 for purposes connected with the authority’s education function], or

  (c)

  are employed by any person in connection with the provision of education or childcare;

• [F10 “teacher” does not include a teacher at an institution within the wider higher education sector, unless, in relation to a registered higher education provider within the meaning given by section 3(10) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, the institution is also an institution within the further education sector.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 14 heading substituted (15.11.2004) by Children Act 2004 (c. 31), ss. 59(4), 67(7)(g)

F2 S. 14(2)(ca) inserted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 15(2)(a), 82(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2

F3 S. 14(2)(j)(k) inserted (15.11.2004) by Children Act 2004 (c. 31), ss. 59(2), 67(7)(g)

F4 S. 14(2ZA) inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 23(2)

F5 Word in s. 14(2ZA) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), ss. 15(2)(b), 82(3); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2

F6 S. 14(2A) inserted (15.11.2004) by Children Act 2004 (c. 31), ss. 59(3), 67(7)(g)

F7 Words in s. 14(3) inserted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 23(3)

F8 Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 11(2)

F9 Words in s. 14(3) inserted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 11(5)

F10 Words in s. 14(3) substituted (1.8.2019) by The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1027), regs. 1, 8(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 14: functions made exercisable jointly (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), ss. 113(3)(e), 124(5); S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(m)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 14 wholly in force at 31.3.2003; s. 14 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 216; s. 14 in force for E. at 1.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch.); s. 14 in force for W. at 31.3.2003 by S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II

I2 S. 14 in force at 31.3.2003 for W. by S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II