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Deregulation and Regulatory Reform - Fourth Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 29 January 2002.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

  

FOURTH REPORT: PROPOSAL FOR THE REGULATORY REFORM (VOLUNTARY AIDED SCHOOLS LIABILITIES AND FUNDING) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2002

Introduction

Purpose of the proposed Order

Current situation

Payment for liabilities

Effect of the proposals

Consultation

Appropriateness

Change in the rate of grant support to VA governing bodies

The Department's legislative programme

Reduction and removal of burdens

Other benefits

Imposition and reenaction of burdens

Burdens on governing bodies

Burdens on LEAs

Transitional provisions

Proportionality

Financial implications of backlog of capital work; protection of governing body expenditure on 'excepted buildings'; legal implications of backlog of repair

Setting of a statutory de minimis level

Fair balance; desirability

Necessary protection; rights and freedoms

Protection for VA governing bodies  

Insurance arrangements

Arrangements for claims and payments

Providing a statutory definition of 'capital' expenditure

Financial impact

Subordinate provisions

Drafting  

Extent

Report under Standing Order No. 141

APPENDICES   1.Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Department for

Education and Skills

2.  Reply from the Department for Education and Skills

3.  Extract from further letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Department for Education and Skills

4.  Letter from the Chairman of the Committee to the Chairman of the Education and Skills Committee

5.  Reply from the Chairman of the Education and Skills Committee

6.  Note by the Committee's Legal Adviser

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT


 
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