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(i)	who are compulsory school age but under 19, or

(ii)	who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning

difficulty assessment;

(b)	persons providing or proposing to provide education or training for such

persons in pursuance of arrangements made by local education

authorities in the discharge of those functions.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

308

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

persons providing or proposing to provide suitable education to children

subject to youth detention;’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment places a duty on the YPLA to fund the provision of education to children who are

subject to youth detention.“Subject to youth detention” is defined in clause 77, as a result of

amendment 318.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

241

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  11,  leave out subsection (b).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

309

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  12,  leave out ‘such education or training’ and insert

‘education or training within paragraph (a) or (aa)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 308.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

122

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  12,  leave out ‘such education and training’ and insert

‘subsection (a) (i)’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

242

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  15,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

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Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

243

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  25,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

310

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  30,  after ‘(1)(a)’ insert ‘or (aa)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 308 and confers power on the YPLA to fund persons

providing goods or services in connection with education provided to children subject to youth

detention.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

244

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  1,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

245

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  7,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

311

Clause  58,  page  39,  line  12,  after ‘(1)’ insert ‘(a)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 308.

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Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

274

Clause  59,  page  40,  line  3,  leave out ‘a learning difficulty assessment’ and insert

‘an assessment under section 139A or 140 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21)

(assessments relating to learning difficulties)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 276.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

135

Clause  60,  page  40,  line  16,  at end add—

‘(3)	The YPLA must consult with the following when adopting or developing

schemes as set out in subsection (1)—

(a)	the Chief Executive of Skills Funding,

(b)	a local education authority in England, and

(c)

Ofsted.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

142

Clause  61,  page  40,  line  22,  at end add ‘but it may not make bonus payments under

section 58(4)(a) which relate to attendance, academic performance or completion of

course work.’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

236

Clause  63,  page  41,  line  5,  leave out subsections (a) and (b) and insert ‘only where

no alternative provision is available from external providers.’.

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Mr Siôn Simon

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Clause  63,  page  41,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(3)	The YPLA may secure the provision of suitable education for children subject to

youth detention.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the YPLA the power to secure the provision of education for children subject

to youth detention.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

313

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  12,  after ‘perform’ insert ‘— (a)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment, with amendment 314, amends clause 64 to confer power on the YPLA to

intervene if an LEA has failed or is likely to fail to perform its duties in respect of people subject

to youth detention.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

314

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  14,  leave out ‘(“the section 15ZA duty”)’ and insert ‘, or

(b)	its duty under section 18A(1) of that Act (duty to secure provision of

enough suitable education and training for persons subject to youth

detention).’.

Member’s explanatory statement

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 313.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

237

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  16,  leave out subsections (2) to (5) and insert—

‘(2)	The YPLA may withdraw funding from the provider and secure the provision of

financial resources to other persons providing or proposing to provide suitable

education or training to persons in sections 58(a)(i) and 58(a)(ii).’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

315

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  17,  leave out ‘section 15ZA duty’ and insert ‘duty in

question’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 314.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

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Clause  64,  page  41,  line  24,  at end add—

‘(6)	A further education college may inform YPLA if it is satisfied that a local

education authority is failing, or is likely to fail, to perform its duty under section

15ZA of the Education Act 1996.’.

Mr John Hayes

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

238

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  27,  leave out from ‘YPLA’ to end of line 33 and insert

‘must issue guidance to persons providing education or training about the performance of

their duties under section 15ZA of the Education Act 1996,’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

316

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  28,  leave out ‘section 15ZA(1)’ and insert ‘sections

15ZA(1) and 18A(1)’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment requires the YPLA to issue guidance about LEAs’ performance of their duties

under section 18A of the Education Act 1996 to secure education for persons subject to youth

detention.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

317

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  31,  leave out ‘functions’ and insert ‘duties’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 316.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

290

Clause  73,  page  45,  line  6,  leave out ‘from time to time’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This technical drafting amendment is needed to achieve consistency in references in the Bill to the

exercise of continuing powers.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

24

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  25,  after ‘State’, insert ‘, subject to the agreement of the

relevant Academy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

26

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

For the purposes of subsection (2) “Academy arrangements” require the YPLA to

support the objective of the autonomy of Academies wherever it is reasonable to

do so.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

339

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  29,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In exercising the functions in subsection (2), the YPLA must allow academies a

right of appeal to the Secretary of State in circumstances where the governing

body of an academy believes that a decision taken by the YPLA is unreasonable

in the circumstances.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

25

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  39,  after ‘section’, insert ‘, except any functions related to

the monitoring and assessment of school performance’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

291

Clause  74,  page  46,  line  1,  leave out ‘this or any other’ and insert ‘any’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This technical drafting amendment is needed to achieve consistency in the provisions in the Bill

that refer to the Bill itself in conjunction with other Acts.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

143

Page  45,  line  23,  leave out Clause 74.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

27

Clause  75,  page  46,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(e)	require the YPLA to support the successful establishment of Academy

sixth forms.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

318

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

For the purposes of this Part a child is subject to youth detention if—

(a)	subject to a detention order, and

(b)	detained in relevant youth accommodation.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment defines when a child is subject to youth detention, for the purposes of Part 3 of

the Bill.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

275

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  17,  leave out subsection (3).

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 282. The effect of clause 250(2) and (3) is that the

definition in the new section 13(4) of the Education Act 1996 (inserted by amendment 282) will

apply for the purposes of Part 3 of the Bill.

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