How is it different from the Learning and Skills Council?
When the Learning and Skills Council disbanded on 31 March 2010, its work was split between the newly created Skills Funding Agency, the newly created Young People’s Learning Agency and the local authorities. The Skills Funding Agency funds and regulates the adult learning and skills sector; it is a funding body intended to facilitate the sector delivering the services that meet the needs of business and individuals and the government’s ambitions. We are national, not regional, and act as an implementation agency rather than a planning body. We are: Operational – we inform and implement policy by establishing and maintaining the mechanisms for efficient and effective learning sector. Customer focused – we provide the information, tools and funding to support customer choice and learning sector responsiveness to those choices. High performing – we apply funding policy fairly, consistently and professionally throughout England to meet government and customer needs in a cost effective way
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