Learning and Skills Act 2000

The Inspectorate

52 The Inspectorate

(1) There shall be a body corporate called the Adult Learning Inspectorate.

(2) The Inspectorate is to consist of 9 members appointed by the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State must appoint one of the members as chairman and another of the members as the Inspectorate’s chief officer.

(4) The chief officer is to be known as the Chief Inspector of Adult Learning.

(5) In appointing any member, the Secretary of State must have regard to the desirability of appointing a person who has experience relevant to the Inspectorate’s functions.

(6) The Secretary of State may make grants to the Inspectorate of such amounts and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

(7) The conditions may—

(a) set the Inspectorate’s budget for any of its financial years;

(b) require it to use the grants for specified purposes;

(c) enable the Secretary of State to require the repayment, in whole or in part, of sums paid by him if any condition imposed is not complied with;

(d) require the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to the Secretary of State in accordance with any of the conditions remains unpaid.

(8) Schedule 6 contains provisions about the Inspectorate.

53 The Inspectorate’s remit

(1) The Inspectorate’s remit is—

(a) further education for persons aged 19 or over which is wholly or partly funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England;

(b) training for persons aged 16 or over so far as it takes place wholly or partly at the premises of an employer and is wholly or partly funded by the Council;

(c) further education funded by a local education authority in England for persons aged 19 or over;

(d) training for persons aged 16 or over which is funded by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the [1973 c. 50.] Employment and Training Act 1973;

(e) such other education or training as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(2) Regulations made under subsection (1)(e) may include within the Inspectorate’s remit training of or for teachers, lecturers, trainers or other persons engaged in the provision of education or training which otherwise falls within the Inspectorate’s remit.

(3) “Further education” has the same meaning as it has in the [1996 c. 56.] Education Act 1996.