# Education Act 1996, Section 13: General responsibility for education.

Extent: E+W

(1) A local authority shall (so far as their powers enable them to do so) contribute towards the spiritual, moral, mental and physical development of the community by securing that efficient primary education, and secondary education and, in the case of a local authority in England, further education, are available to meet the needs of the population of their area.
(2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) does not extend to matters in respect of which any duty is imposed on—
(a) the the Secretary of State under Part 4 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 ...
(ba) the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research, or
(c) the Office for Students.
(3) The reference in subsection (1) to further education is to further education for persons—
(none) “(a) who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or
(b) who are aged 19 or over and for whom an EHC plan is maintained.”
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(6) For the purposes of subsection (1), persons who are subject to a detention order are to be regarded as part of the population of the area in which they are detained (and not any other area).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-13
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