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and other ordinary members’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment, with amendments 323 to 325, restricts the application of paragraph 3 of Schedule

 

3 to members of the YPLA other than the chief executive. The chief executive‘s term of office will

 

be determined in accordance with conditions of service set under paragraph 5(A1): see

 

amendment 330.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

323

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  20,  leave out ‘A member of the YPLA’ and insert ‘The

 

chair and other ordinary members’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 322.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

324

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  22,  leave out ‘a member of the YPLA’ and insert ‘an

 

ordinary member’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 322.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

325

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  27,  leave out ‘a member of the YPLA’ and insert ‘the

 

chair or another ordinary member’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 322.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

326

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

    ‘(5)  

If the chair ceases to be an ordinary member, the person also ceases to be the

 

chair.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment provides for a member of the YPLA who is also its chair to cease to be the chair

 

on ceasing to be a member.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

327

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  31,  leave out ‘its’ and insert ‘the ordinary’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment, with amendments 328 and 329, restricts the application of paragraph 4 of

 

Schedule 3 to members of the YPLA other than the chief executive. The chief executive‘s pay and

 

pension will be determined in accordance with conditions of service set under paragraph 5(A1):

 

see amendment 330.


 
 

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Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

328

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  34,  leave out ‘member of the YPLA’ and insert

 

‘ordinary member’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 327.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

329

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  35,  leave out ‘a member of the YPLA’ and insert ‘an

 

ordinary member’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 327.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

330

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

  ‘(A1)  

The chief executive is to be appointed by the Secretary of State, on conditions

 

of service determined by the Secretary of State.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

The effect of this amendment is that the chief executive of the YPLA will be a member of its staff

 

and will always be appointed by the Secretary of State, on conditions of service determined by the

 

Secretary of State.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

331

 

Schedule  3,  page  155,  line  41,  after ‘appoint’ insert ‘other members of’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 330.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

332

 

Schedule  3,  page  156,  line  1,  leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—

 

    ‘(2)  

The conditions of service of the other members of the YPLA’s staff are to be

 

determined by the YPLA with the approval of the Secretary of State.’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment provides for the YPLA to determine the conditions of service of members of staff

 

other than the chief executive, with the Secretary of State‘s approval.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Bill Wiggin

 

126

 

Schedule  3,  page  157,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

The YPLA must have regard to regulations in relation to a committee, established

 

jointly with the Chief Executive of Skills Funding, with responsibility for capital

 

building projects for further education and sixth form colleges.’.


 
 

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Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

333

 

Schedule  3,  page  157,  line  37,  leave out ‘the chief executive or any of the ordinary

 

members’ and insert ‘any of the other ordinary members or the chief executive’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is consequent on amendment 319.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

305

 

Schedule  3,  page  160,  line  23,  leave out ‘this or any other’ and insert ‘any’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

See Member’s explanatory statement for amendment 291.

 


 

Mr John Hayes

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mrs Maria Miller

 

Bill Wiggin

 

240

 

Clause  58,  page  38,  line  5,  at beginning insert ‘Under guidance from the Chief

 

Executive of the Skills Funding Agency,’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

256

 

Clause  58,  page  38,  leave out lines 6 to 12 and insert—

 

‘(a)    

local education authorities for the purposes of their functions in relation

 

to the education or training of persons—

 

(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.


 
 

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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,’.

 

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,’.


 
 

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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.

 


 

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


 
 

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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.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr Siôn Simon

 

312

 

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—


 
 

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‘(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).’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

393

 

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  16,  leave out ‘YPLA may’ and insert ‘Secretary of State,

 

upon receipt of a recommendation from the YPLA, may’.

 

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.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

394

 

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  21,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

395

 

Clause  64,  page  41,  line  24,  leave out ‘YPLA’ and insert Secretary of State’.

 

Mr David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

120

 

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 David Laws

 

Stephen Williams

 

Annette Brooke

 

396

 

Clause  69,  page  43,  line  27,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

The Secretary of State must issue guidance to local education authorities about

 

the performance of YPLA of its duties under section 15ZA(1) of the Education

 

Act 1996 (c. 56).’.


 
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