The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills are also putting £4bn towards a new agency to provide training and skills for adults. A joint white paper Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver , outlines measures to help young people stay in education or training at 16 and 17 through apprenticeships, diplomas, A-levels and GCSEs. Children's Secretary Ed Balls said: "Local authorities are in the best...