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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
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FundingE+W
100Provision of financial resourcesE+W
(1)The [F1Secretary of State] may secure the provision of financial resources [F2under this subsection] to—
(a)persons providing or proposing to provide education or training within the [F3Secretary of State's remit under this Part];
(b)persons providing or proposing to provide goods or services in connection with the provision by others of such education or training;
(c)persons receiving or proposing to receive such education or training;
(d)persons aged 18 receiving or proposing to receive education or training;
(e)persons making loans to others receiving or proposing to receive education or training;
F4(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)persons undertaking or proposing to undertake research relating to education or training;
(h)persons carrying out means tests under arrangements made under section 103;
F5(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(j)persons providing or proposing to provide information, advice or guidance about education or training or connected matters (including employment).
[F6(1A)The Secretary of State may secure the provision of financial resources to any person under this subsection (whether or not the resources could be secured under subsection (1))—
(a)for the purpose of encouraging the provision of opportunities for individuals to complete [F7 English statutory apprenticeships ] or to undertake work following the completion of such apprenticeships, or
(b)otherwise in connection with [F7English statutory apprenticeships].]
[F8(1B)The Secretary of State may secure the provision of financial resources to any person under this subsection (whether or not the resources could be secured under subsection (1)) in connection with approved technical education qualifications or approved steps towards occupational competence.]
[F9(1AA)The Secretary of State may secure the provision of financial resources under this subsection (whether or not the resources could be secured under subsection (1)) to any of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) in respect of functions under this Part that are exercisable by a combined authority by virtue of an order made under section 105A of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.]
F10(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)[F11The Secretary of State may secure the provision of financial resources under this section—]
(a)by providing the resources;
(b)by making arrangements for the provision of resources by another person;
(c)by making arrangements for the provision of resources by persons jointly (whether or not including the [F12Secretary of State]).
(4)[F13The Secretary of State may secure the provision of financial resources under this section by reference to—]
(a)any fees or charges payable by the person receiving or proposing to receive the education or training, or
(b)any other matter (such as transport or childcare).
(5)In [F14this section—
“approved steps towards occupational competence” has the meaning given by section A2DB;
“approved technical education qualification” has the meaning given by section A2DA;]
“English statutory apprenticeship” has the same meaning as in section 40A (see subsection (3) of that section).
[F15“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 100(1) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 13(2)(a)
F2Words in s. 100(1) inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 2(2); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F3Words in s. 100(1)(a) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 13(2)(b)
F4S. 100(1)(f) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 13(2)(c)
F5S. 100(1)(i) omitted (1.9.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 18 para. 9; S.I. 2012/1087, art. 3
F6S. 100(1A) inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 2(3); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F7Words in s. 100(1A) substituted (4.7.2016) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), ss. 27(a), 44(5); S.I. 2016/695, art. 2(b)
F8S. 100(1B) inserted (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), s. 47(2), Sch. 1 para. 29(2); S.I. 2019/61, reg. 2(b)
F9S. 100(1AA) inserted (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 7(2)
F10S. 100(2) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 13(3)
F11Words in s. 100(3) substituted (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 7(3)
F12Words in s. 100(3)(c) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 13(4)(b)
F13Words in s. 100(4) substituted (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 7(4)
F14Words in s. 100(5) substituted (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), s. 47(2), Sch. 1 para. 29(4); S.I. 2019/61, reg. 2(b)
F15Words in s. 100(5) inserted (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 7(5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1142), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C2S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1145), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C3S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C4S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West of England Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1143), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C5S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1146), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C6S. 100 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1144), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C7S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The West of England Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1143), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
C8S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
C9S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1144), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
C10S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1145), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
C11S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1146), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
C12S. 100(1) functions made exercisable concurrently (6.11.2018) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1142), arts. 1(1), 4 (with arts. 1(2), 5)
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I1S. 100 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)
101Financial resources: conditionsE+W
(1)Financial resources provided [F16by the Secretary of State under section 100] may be provided subject to conditions.
(2)The conditions may [F17(among other things) ] include—
(a)information conditions;
(b)[F18operational conditions;]
(c)repayment conditions.
(3)Information conditions are conditions which—
(a)require the [F19Secretary of State] , or a person designated by the [F19Secretary of State] , to be given access to a person's accounts and documents and to be given rights in relation to a person's computers and associated apparatus and material, or
(b)require a person to whom financial resources are provided to give to the [F20Secretary of State] such information as the [F20Secretary of State] may request for the purpose of carrying out [F21functions under this Part] .
(4)[F22Operational conditions are conditions which require a person providing or proposing to provide education or training (“the provider”) to make arrangements providing for all or any of the matters mentioned in subsection (5).]
(5)[F23The matters are the following—
(a)the charging of fees by the provider by reference to specified criteria;
(b)the making of awards by the provider by reference to specified criteria;
(c)the recovery by the provider of amounts from persons receiving education or training or from employers (or from both);
(d)the determination of amounts by reference to specified criteria where provision is made under paragraph (c);
(e)the operation of specified exemptions where provision is made under paragraph (c);
(f)the making by the provider of provision specified in [F24an EHC plan or] a report of an assessment under section F25... 140 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) (assessments relating to learning difficulties).]
(6)Repayment conditions are conditions which—
(a)enable the [F26Secretary of State] to require the repayment (in whole or part) of sums paid by the [F26Secretary of State] if any of the conditions subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with;
(b)require the payment of interest in respect of any period in which a sum due to the [F27Secretary of State] in accordance with any condition is unpaid.
Textual Amendments
F16Words in s. 101(1) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(2)
F17Words in s. 101(2) inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(a); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F18S. 101(2)(b) omitted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F19Words in s. 101(3)(a) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(3)(a)
F20Words in s. 101(3)(b) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(3)(b)(i)
F21Words in s. 101(3)(b) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(3)(b)(ii)
F22S. 101(4) omitted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 3(3); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F23S. 101(5) omitted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 3(3); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)
F24Words in s. 101(5)(f) inserted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 92(a); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a)
F25Words in s. 101(5)(f) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 92(b); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a)
F26Words in s. 101(6)(a) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(4)(a)
F27Words in s. 101(6)(b) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 14(4)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C13S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C14S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1146), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C15S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1142), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C16S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1144), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C17S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West of England Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1143), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C18S. 101 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1145), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
Commencement Information
I2S. 101 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)
102Performance assessmentsE+W
(1)The [F28Secretary of State] may adopt or develop schemes for the assessment of the performance of persons in providing education or training within the [F29Secretary of State's remit under this Part] .
(2)The [F30Secretary of State] may take the assessments into account in deciding how to exercise the powers under section 100.
Textual Amendments
F28Words in s. 102(1) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 15(2)(a)
F29Words in s. 102(1) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 15(2)(b)
F30Words in s. 102(2) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 15(3)
Commencement Information
I3S. 102 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)
103Means testsE+W
(1)[F31For the purpose of the exercise of the powers under section 100(1)(c), (d) or (e), the Secretary of State] may—
(a)carry out means tests;
(b)arrange for other persons to carry out means tests.
F32(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F31Words in s. 103(1) substituted (26.5.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 16(2)
F32S. 103(2) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(g), Sch. 14 para. 16(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C19S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1141), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C20S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1142), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C21S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West of England Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1143), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C22S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The West Midlands Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1144), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C23S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1146), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
C24S. 103 applied (with modifications) (6.11.2018) by The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1145), arts. 1(1), 6, Sch. (with art. 1(2))
Commencement Information
I4S. 103 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2 (with arts. 9-11)
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