on or training (which can take them beyond their 25th birthday). The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 includes provision so that, where a former relevant child previously entitled to leaving care services wishes to take up additional education or training beyond the age of 21, but before the age of 25, then their responsible authority must ensure that they are allocated continuing PA support. 2.5. Where a young person is a “qualifying child”, Section 24B(5) of the 1989 Act requires a local authority, where they assess there is a need, to provide either vacation accommodation or the means to secure it, to qualifying children up to the age of 24. Qualifying children 2.6. Local authorities may give advice, guidance and assistance to certain groups of young people who “qualify” for leaving care support. Some “qualifying children” will be as vulnerable and have very similar needs to eligible, relevant or former relevant children. The table above sets out the categories of young people who may be “qualifying children”. 2.7. Section 24(3) states that subsection 24(2)(d) applies even if the 3 month period began before the young person reached the age of 16. Section 24(4) provides that in the case of a young person formerly looked after by a local authority, the local authority which last looked after him must take such steps as they consider appropriate to keep in touch with him in order to discharge their functions under sections 24A and 24B. 2.8. Section 24(5) sets out which local authority is responsible for providing to a qualifying young person aftercare services under section 24A and 24B. In the case of a young person formerly looked after by a local authority, the relevant authority is the one which last looked after him. In the case of someone qualifying for advice a