Editing Learning and Skills Council (section)

===Abolition===
On 17 March 2008 the abolition of the LSC was announced; funding responsibilities for 16- to 19-year-old learners were to transfer to [[Education Funding Agency]] and the [[Skills Funding Agency]], which was created to distribute funding for apprentices and learners in further education [[List of further education colleges in England|colleges]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7300852.stm | work=BBC News | title=£10.4Bn Skills Agency Scrapped | date=17 March 2008 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1520 |title=DfES, e-Consultation<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=20 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520042740/http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=1520 |archive-date=20 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Machinery of Government announcement heralded the end of the LSC, to make way for the [[Young Peoples Learning Agency]] and the [[Skills Funding Agency]], reporting to DCSF and BIS respectively. These changes started in April 2009 and were completed by March 2010.