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| | Tuesday 26th February 2008 |
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| | Education and Skills Bill
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| | [Seventeenth and Eighteenth Sittings]
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| | Clause 54, page 29, line 13, leave out ‘services’ and insert ‘information, advice and |
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| | guidance about education and career choices’. |
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| | Clause 54, page 29, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Such services must include the provision of— |
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| | | (a) | generic information, advice and guidance, and |
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| | | (b) | targeted support for young people which takes into account their personal |
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| | Clause 54, page 29, line 35, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(6) | Services provided under this section shall be known as “Connexions”.’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 29, line 38, leave out from beginning to ‘the’ in line 40 and |
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| | Clause 55, page 29, line 41, at end insert ‘in the exercise of the authority’s |
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| | functions under section 54(1);’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 1, leave out paragraphs (b) and (c). |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 3, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | specifying the descriptions of individual who may be involved, in ways |
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| | | specified in the direction, in the provision of such services; |
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| | | ( ) | requiring the authority to secure that any person by whom such services |
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| | | are provided (whether the authority or any other person) co-operates |
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| | | (i) | any person providing services under section 59; |
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| | | (ii) | any person exercising functions, or providing services, which |
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| | | relate to social security or are connected with finding suitable |
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| | | employment, education or training for young persons or relevant |
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| | | ( ) | as to the names and symbols to be used, in ways specified in the direction, |
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| | | in connection with services provided in pursuance of section 54(1);’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 4, leave out from beginning to ‘in’ in line 5 and insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | imposing requirements as to— |
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| | | (i) | the keeping of records, or |
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| | | (ii) | the provision of information to local education authorities and |
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| | | persons providing services in pursuance of section 54(1),’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(e) | specify the minimum q ualifications and experience required of providers |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 6, leave out from ‘(3)’ to ‘a local’ and insert ‘The |
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| | Secretary of State may direct’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 8, after first ‘services’ insert ‘(whether the local education |
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| | authority or any other person)’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, leave out lines 14 and 15 and insert— |
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| | | ‘(a) | may be functions or services relating to social security, |
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| | | (b) | may specify co-ordination of careers information and guidance with |
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| | | learn Direct and Job Centre Plus, and |
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| | | (c) | may specify the provision of functions and services matching young |
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| | | people with employers offering apprenticeships.’. |
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| | Clause 55, page 30, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | Different directions may be given under this section in relation to different |
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| | | descriptions of service.’. |
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| | | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 58, page 31, line 32, after ‘56(1)(b)’, insert ‘and subject to the consent of |
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| | Clause 59, page 32, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | the information, advice or guidance to be provided by telephone or other |
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| | | electronic means may include information and options expressed by |
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| | | persons who have pursued or are pursuing education, training or careers |
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| | | which are of interest to the said young persons and relevant young |
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| | Clause 59, page 32, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | the provision, in response to requests by young persons and relevant |
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| | | young adults with visual impairment, of text books and educational |
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| | | course materials, capable of enlargement and enhancement by electronic |
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| | Clause 60, page 32, line 24, after ‘State’, insert ‘or on request by at least 50 pupils, |
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| | students or parents resident in the local authority area’. |
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| | Clause 60, page 32, line 27, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector must, in exercising his functions in subsection (1), |
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| | | inspect any support services provided and make an assessment of whether such |
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| | | services facilitate the effective participation of persons belonging in a local |
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| | | authority area to whom this Part applies and who have special educational |
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| | Clause 60, page 32, line 34, at end insert ‘and the quality of such services.’. |
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| | | Clauses 63 and 64 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 65, page 35, line 7, after ‘person’, insert ‘or the person was participating in |
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| | School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’. |
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| | Clause 65, page 35, line 13, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | If a local education authority in England maintains a statement of special |
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| | | educational needs for a person and if, during the year, the person leaves school to |
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| | | pursue alternative post-16 education, the authority must arrange for an |
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| | | assessment to be conducted early in the first year of the new course.’. |
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| | Clause 65, page 35, line 16, after ‘age’, insert ‘or the person was participating in |
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| | School Action or School Action Plus programmes,’. |
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| | Clause 65, page 35, line 22, leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 9, leave out from ‘manner’ to end of line 16. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 12, leave out from ‘concerned’ to end of line 16. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | any such advice should include encouragement to study one or more |
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| | | GCE ‘A’ level courses provided such courses would be in the best |
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| | | interest of the pupil concerned.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(c) | any such advice must challenge gender stereotypes.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 16, at end add— |
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| | | ‘( ) | any such advice should include, where appropriate, advice about |
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| | | studying for a degree course at Oxford or Cambridge universities.’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 37, line 18, after ‘“subsection (2B))”;’, insert ‘“( ) In subsection |
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| | (5)(a) leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘13’”’. |
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| | Clause 66, page 38, line 4, leave out ‘must’ and insert ‘may’. |
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| | Clause 67, page 38, line 15, leave out ‘contract of employment or a’. |
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| | Clause 67, page 38, line 19, leave out ‘contract of employment or a’. |
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| | Clause 67, page 38, line 26, leave out paragraph (b). |
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| | Clause 68, page 38, line 35, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(2) | The Secretary of State shall commission an independent report into the funding |
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| | | requirements necessary to enable local authorities to provide transport to enable |
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| | | pupils or students to access the entitlement to participate in the diploma |
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| | Clause 68, page 38, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | | (a) | delete subsection (3)(d), and |
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| | | in preparing a statement under that section a local |
| | | | | | education authority has a duty to ensure affordable |
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| | [Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m. |
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