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Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
139

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

250


Clause  40,  page  23,  leave out lines 21 to 26 and insert—

‘(1)
A local education authority in England must secure the provision of proper

facilities for education and training (as defined by subsection 2) suitable to the

requirements of persons in their area—

(a)
who are above compulsory school age and under 19, and

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

difficulty assessment.

(2)
Facilities are proper if they are—

(a)
of a quality sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and

(b)
of a quality adequate to meet those needs.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

251


Clause  40,  page  23,  line  22,  leave out ‘reasonable’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

252


Clause  40,  page  23,  line  31,  leave out ‘to meet persons’ reasonable needs’ and

insert ‘to the requirements of persons in their area.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

253


Clause  40,  page  23,  line  31,  leave out ‘reasonable’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

4

Clause  40,  page  23,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(e)
barriers to their participation, including caring for a child or a sick family

member, being homeless, experiencing mental health problems or being

a young offender.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

257


Clause  40,  page  23,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘( )
the opportunities for inclusion for learners, taking account of their needs and

wishes.’.

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Mrs Sharon Hodgson

285


Clause  40,  page  24,  line  8,  leave out from ‘resources’ to end of line 10.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

260


Clause  40,  page  24,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(f)
ensure that all sixth form provision offers, as a minimum, A level courses

in English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography

and at least two modern foreign languages.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

261


Clause  40,  page  24,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
In performing the duty imposed by subsection (4)(a) a local authority is required

to fund sixth form provision of—

(a)
an existing academy without a sixth form which intends to establish a

sixth form; or

(b)
a new academy with a sixth form.’.

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

286


Clause  40,  page  24,  line  11,  leave out subsection (5).

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

213

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  16,  leave out from (1) to end of line 19 and insert ‘defer to

the Chief Executive of Skills Funding.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

264


Clause  40,  page  24,  leave out lines 31 to 37.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 282.

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
141

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

231

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(9A)
Every local education authority shall record the number of learners with learning

difficulties in its area for whom suitable education has not been provided and

report this information annually to the Secretary of State, who may require any

local education authority to provide information on the measures it is taking, if

any, to ensure that the number of learners in this situation reduces over time.’.

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

287


Clause  40,  page  24,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(9A)
Every local education authority shall record the number of learners with learning

difficulties in its area for whom suitable education has not been provided and

report this information annually to the Secretary of State, who may require any

local education authority to provide information on the measures it is taking, if

any, to ensure that the number of learners in this situation reduces over time.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

112

Clause  40,  page  24,  line  44,  leave out subsection (b).

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

265


Clause  40,  page  25,  leave out lines 1 to 3.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 282.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

266


Clause  40,  page  25,  line  12,  leave out from ‘order’ to end of line 13.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 271.

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
142

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

118

Clause  40,  page  25,  line  15,  after ‘other’, insert ‘, further education colleges, sixth

form colleges, schools with sixth forms and academies with sixth forms,’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

119

Clause  40,  page  25,  line  16,  at end add—

‘( )
The Secretary of State must specifiy areas into which England is to be divided for

the purposes of section 15ZA, and must publish any specification or revised

specification under this section.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

215

Clause  41,  page  25,  line  30,  leave out subsections (a) and (b) and insert ‘a contract

of employment other than an apprenticeship agreement with which training is provided.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

216

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  18,  leave out ‘A local education authority’ and insert ‘The

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

217

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  24,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

218

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  32,  leave out ‘a local education authority in England’ and

insert ‘the Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
143

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

137

Page  26,  line  10,  leave out Clause 43.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

254


Clause  44,  page  27,  line  14,  leave out ‘that an authority decide’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

255


Clause  44,  page  27,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(9)
Provision is not be be considered as giving rise to disproportionate expenditure

only because that provision is more expensive than comparable provision.’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

267


Clause  44,  page  27,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘( )
The references in subsections (1) and (2) to persons in a local education

authority’s area who are over compulsory school age but under 19 do not include

persons who are subject to a detention order.’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes it clear that new section 17A does not apply to persons subject to a

detention order. A local education authority’s duties towards these persons are set out in clause

47.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

268


Clause  45,  page  29,  leave out lines 6 to 8.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 282.

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
144

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

269


Clause  46,  page  29,  leave out lines 25 to 27.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 282.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

127

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  32,  leave out ‘A local education authority’ and insert ‘The

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

99

Clause  47,  page  29,  line  38,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In deciding for the purposes of subsection (1) whether education or training is

enough to meet persons’ reasonable needs, a minimum of 30 hours per week of

education and skills training must be provided.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

128

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  2,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

212

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  5,  after ‘learning’, insert ‘or language’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

129

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  7,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Public Bill Committee: 10 March 2009
145

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

130

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  9,  leave out ‘a local education authority’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

131

Clause  47,  page  30,  line  11,  leave out ‘a local education authority in’ and insert ‘the

Young People’s Learning Agency’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

270


Clause  47,  page  30,  leave out lines 18 to 21.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment is consequent on amendment 271.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

271


Clause  48,  page  30,  line  33,  leave out ‘section’ and insert ‘Act’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment makes the definitions set out in new subsection (1A) of section 562 of the

Education Act 1996 (inserted by clause 48) apply for the purposes of the whole Act rather than just

section 562.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

132

Clause  49,  page  31,  line  11,  leave out ‘home authority’ and insert ‘Young People’s

Learning Agency’.