Clause 16

Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:25 pm on 19 February 2008.

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Photo of Jim Knight Jim Knight Minister of State (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools and Learners) 4:25, 19 February 2008

I think that it is more likely that the police, if they are dealing with a young person and they discover that they are not participating, may contact the local authority so that support procedures can be established. In that way, the Connexions personal adviser would know about it. If the young person was not on the records of that local authority, a conversation mighty take place between the personal adviser and the constable or the PCSO along the lines of: “We do not have a record of this person—they must have come from somewhere else. Do you know where they might have come from?” All of this is geared to support—I know that I keep saying that and that it may try the patience of the Committee—not enforcement.