Policy paper

Devolution of adult education functions: MoUs

Memoranda of understanding between DfE, mayoral combined authorities and the Mayor of London for the devolution/delegation of adult education functions.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 6 February 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Devolution of adult education functions from academic year 2019 to 2020 to mayoral combined authorities

Ref: DFE-00029-2019

PDF, 347 KB, 20 pages

Delegation of certain adult education functions to the Mayor of London

Ref: DFE-00028-2019

PDF, 353 KB, 24 pages

Details

From August 2019, some functions which relate to adult education, and the associated adult education budget will be devolved to 6 mayoral combined authorities and delegated to the Mayor of London for the Greater London area.

The 6 mayoral combined authorities are:

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Tees Valley
• West Midlands
• West of England

These documents set out agreed ways of working to support the devolution/delegation of the adult education functions.

Published 6 February 2019