Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Amendments 140A and 140B 140A: Clause 55, page 41, line 1, leave out "certain young adults" and insert "young adults subject to learning difficulty assessment" 140B: Clause 55, page 42, line 2, at end insert— "508H Complaints about transport arrangements etc for young adults subject to learning difficulty assessment: England (1) A local education authority may revise a statement prepared under section 508G to change any matter specified under subsection (3) of that section if, as a result of a relevant young adult transport complaint, they have come to consider the change necessary for a purpose mentioned in section 508F(2) or (3). (2) A local education authority must revise a statement prepared under section 508G to change any matter specified in subsection (3) of that section if, as a result of a relevant young adult transport complaint, the Secretary of State has directed them to do so. (3) An authority that revises a statement under subsection (1) or (2) must publish the revised statement and a description of the revision as soon as practicable. (4) The Secretary of State need not consider whether to exercise any power under sections 496 to 497A (powers to prevent unreasonable exercise of functions, etc) or subsection (2) of this section in response to a matter that is, or could have been, the subject of a relevant young adult transport complaint made to him or her unless satisfied that— (a) the matter has been brought to the notice of the local education authority concerned, and (b) the authority have had a reasonable opportunity to investigate the matter and respond. (5) In this section "relevant young adult transport complaint" means a complaint that is— (a) about a local education authority’s exercise of, or failure to exercise, a function under section 508F or 508G in relation to relevant young adults, and (b) made by a person who is, or will be, a relevant young adult when the matter complained of has effect, or by a parent of such a person, and "relevant young adult" has the meaning given in section 508F. (6) For the purposes of section 508G(7) and (8), the revision of a statement under this section is to be treated as the preparation of a statement under section 508G. (7) Where a local education authority have published in a single document a statement prepared under section 509AA and a statement prepared under 508G, the requirement to publish a revised statement under subsection (3) is to be treated as a requirement to publish a version of the document that includes the revised statement." Amendments 140A and 140B agreed. Clause 55, as amended, agreed. Amendments 141 to 142A not moved. Clause 56 agreed. Amendment 143 not moved. Clause 57 agreed.