Ministerial Correction

Friday 13th May 2011 Ministerial Corrections

Friday 13 May 2011

Education Bill

Friday 13th May 2011 Ministerial Corrections

The following is the response given by the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Mr Gibb) to a question from the hon. Member for North West Durham (Pat Glass) during the debate on the Education Bill on 11 May 2011.

[Pat Glass]

Local authorities have 14 days in which to comply with the decision of a special educational needs tribunal. Therefore, why is it unreasonable for schools to have 14 days to comply with the decision of the schools adjudicator, who is also a statutory body?

[Mr Gibb]

The example that the hon. Lady gives applies to one individual, but an objection to admission arrangements applies to an entire school, and therefore to a wider range of people, which means that consultation is necessary before those changes are made. That is the difference between the two examples.

[Official Report, 11 May 2011, Vol. 527, c. 1238.]

Letter of correction from Mr Nick Gibb:

An error has been identified in the answer given to the hon. Member for North West Durham (Pat Glass) during the debate of the Education Bill. I meant to say that “more consideration is necessary”, not that “consultation is necessary”.

The correct answer should have been:

[Mr Gibb]

The example that the hon. Lady gives applies to one individual, but an objection to admission arrangements applies to an entire school, and therefore to a wider range of people, which means that more consideration is necessary before those changes are made. That is the difference between the two examples.