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| | Wednesday 12th March 2008 |
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| | New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| | Other Amendments not tabled within the required notice period are marked thus  |
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| | Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill
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| | | That, if proceedings on the Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill are not |
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| | | completed at this day’s sitting, the Committee do meet on Wednesday 19th March at half- |
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| | | past Nine o’clock and thereafter at the same time on Wednesdays when the House is |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Information secured by the Secretary of State under subsection (1) shall include |
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| | | reports, made in each calendar year, by all providers awarding Qualified teacher |
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| | | status, containing information on the content and breadth of their qualification |
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| | | programmes, in relation to special educational needs.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Information secured by the Secretary of State under subsection (1) shall include |
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| | | reports, made in each calendar year, by the Training and Development Agency |
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| | | for Schools, containing information on— |
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| | | (a) | the extent of provision, |
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| | | (b) | rates of participation, and |
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| | | | of courses, accredited programmes, and continuous professional development for |
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| | | teachers, teaching assistants, special educational needs co-ordinators and other |
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| | | school staff, in relation to special educational needs.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 1, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | For the purposes of subsection (1), the information shall include (but not be |
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| | | (a) | the number of teachers and classroom assistants who have received |
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| | | training to identify and support children with special educational needs— |
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| | | (i) | in the past calendar year, and |
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| | | (ii) | at any time since first becoming a teacher, |
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| | | (b) | the nature of training received under paragraph (a), |
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| | | (c) | the nature and content of special educational needs-related courses |
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| | | received by persons training to become a teacher or classroom assistant, |
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| | | (d) | the number of persons receiving training under paragraph (c), |
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| | | (e) | the nature of each child’s special educational need, and |
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| | | (f) | for children for whom a statement of special educational need has been |
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| | | made, the length of time between the date of first application and the date |
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| | | the statement was made.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Information published under subsection (1) shall be broken down by— |
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| | | (a) | individual school, and |
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| | | (b) | individual local education authority, |
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| | | | in England, provided that the name of the child or children to whom the |
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| | | information relates is not included. |
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| | | (1B) | The Secretary of State shall provide the information published under subsection |
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| | | (1) to each school and local education authority in England.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘332DA | Use of information |
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| | | (1) | Special needs information collected under section 332C and published under |
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| | | section 332D shall be reviewed and used by— |
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| | | (a) | individual school governing bodies for the purpose of identifying special |
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| | | educational needs of children in that school and ensuring these needs are |
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| | | (b) | individual local educational authorities for the purpose of identifying |
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| | | special educational needs of children in that authority and ensuring these |
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| | | (c) | the Training and Development Agency for the purpose of ensuring |
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| | | teachers and classroom assistants are able to meet the special educational |
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| | | needs of children in England.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4) | The Secretary of State shall, in each calendar year following that in which this Act |
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| | | is passed, lay before both Houses of Parliament a report including published |
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| | | information secured under section 332C(2)(c), and, within 7 days of laying that |
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| | | report, make a motion in both Houses expressing approval of the Government’s |
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| | | policy on children with special educational needs.’. |
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| | Clause 1, page 2, line 12, leave out ‘and 332D’ and insert ‘, 332D and 332DA’. |
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| | | Information on school provision |
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| | | ‘(1) | Section 332A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended as follows. |
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| | | (2) | After subsection (1) insert— |
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| | | “(1A) | Information provided under subsection (1) shall include information on |
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| | | all types of school provision available in any local educational authority |
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| | | area which the authority determines is relevant to them.” |
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| | | (3) | At the end of subsection (3) insert— |
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| | | | “which shall include the annual publication of information provided under |
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