Impace of proposed home education legislation

C. Blades made this Freedom of Information request to Council of the Isles of Scilly

The request was partially successful.

From: C. Blades

15 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

In the wake of Graham Badman’s review of Elective Home Education,
the Government is planning to introduce legislation to register,
monitor and support home educated children.

It is clear that this legislation will have financial and staffing
impacts upon local authorities and yet the Government has made it
equally clear that no extra funding will be made available to local
councils to fulfil their new responsibilities.

In the light of the expected impact of this proposed legislation:

(a) Has it been formally discussed by the committees of elected
councillors responsible for education, children’s social care,
finance or any other relevant department?

(b) Has it been formally discussed by the officers responsible for
education, children’s social care, finance or any other relevant
department?

(c) Have the committees responsible for education, children’s
social care, finance or any other relevant department taken part in
the Government consultation into the proposed legislation, which
ends on 19 October 2009?

(d) Have the unelected local authority officers responsible for
education, children’s social care, finance or any other relevant
department taken part in the Government consultation into the
proposed legislation, which ends on 19 October 2009?

(e) If the councillors or officers have not taken part in the
consultation, are they planning to do so?

Yours faithfully,

C. Blades

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From: Tanner,Elizabeth
Council of the Isles of Scilly

29 September 2009

In response to your request I enclose some information that you may find
useful.

The Elective Home Education issue was debated at the [1]Children and Young
People Committee on Jul 7 2009 7:00PM and the information is at Min No
CYP47/09

The Protocol was subsequently approved by the Full Council on 10 Sept
2009.

Both the above can be found on the council website.

There is no reference to the consultations that the questioner is writing
about in relation to the Graham Badman review see on the DCSF website
[2]Independent review of home education - Every Child Matters

If you have any further queries please contact our Committee Secretary
[email address]

Kind Regards

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Tanner

Central Support Assistant

Council of the Isles of Scilly

01720 424016

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From: Laverock, Peter
Sent: 29 September 2009 09:31
To: Tanner,Elizabeth
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Impace of proposed home
education legislation 668

The Elective Home Education issue was debated at the [3]Children and Young
People Committee on Jul 7 2009 7:00PM and the information is at Min No
CYP47/09

The Protocol was subsequently approved by the Full Council on 10 Sept
2009.

But there is no reference to the consultations that the questioner is
writing about in relation to the Graham Badman review see on the DCSF
website [4]Independent review of home education - Every Child Matters

Peter Laverock

Committee Secretary

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From: C. Blades

2 October 2009

Dear Ms Tanner,

Thank you for your prompt reply to my FOI request. The consultation
to which I refer can be found on the DCSF website here:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations/ind...

Yours sincerely,

C. Blades

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