Clause 14
Education and Skills Bill
3:30 pm

Nick Gibb (Shadow Minister, Children, Schools and Families; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)

I beg to move amendment No. 17, in clause 14, page 7, line 29, after ‘authority’, insert

‘provided that the relevant pupil or student has given written consent for the information to be provided.’.

John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative)

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 16, in clause 14, page 7, line 36, at end insert—

‘(3A) Any pupil or student to whom subsection (1) applies shall have the right to examine any relevant information requested by a local authority before that information is provided by the responsible person to the authority.’.

No. 19, in clause 14, page 7, line 36, at end insert—

‘(3A) Any pupil or student to whom subsection (1) applies shall be given the opportunity to correct any relevant information regarded by him as inaccurate, subject to the agreement of the responsible person.

(3B) For the purposes of subsection (3A), when agreement cannot be reached between the pupil or student and the responsible person the Information Commissioner shall decide what correction, if any, should be made to the relevant information.’.

No. 170, in clause 14, page 7, line 36, at end insert

‘which is relevant to assessing their educational and support needs.’.

No. 18, in clause 14, page 7, line 43, leave out ‘instructed the responsible person not’ and insert

‘not given written consent to the responsible person’.

No. 97, in clause 57, page 30, line 34, at beginning insert

‘Subject to the written consent of the pupil or student,’.

Nick Gibb (Shadow Minister, Children, Schools and Families; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)