Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Clause 28 stand part.

Clause 29 stand part.

Schedule 1.

Clause 27 ensures that the processing of personal information, as required or enabled by this Bill, does not contravene the Data Protection Act 2018. I recognise that many parents want reassurance that the data held on local authority children not in school registers will be protected and shared in accordance with data protection legislation and the UK GDPR principles. This clause helps ensure that high standards of information security, privacy and transparency are adhered to when personal information is processed as part of the new duties and powers connected to children not in school registers, as well as when parents of some children are required to receive local authority consent to home educate. I commend the clause to the Committee.

Clause 28 provides for statutory guidance to be issued to local authorities on how they should carry out their duties in relation to keeping the children who are not in school registered, and the associated school attendance order process. That guidance will be crucial in supporting local authorities to exercise their new duties in a clear and consistent manner. For example, we expect it to include further advice on how local authorities should discharge their new support duty, in order to avoid significant variation for home-educating families depending on where they live in England. As part of the implementation of the Bill and in order to engage with and listen to local authorities, we will consult with home-education representatives and other key stakeholders on the content of the guidance. I hope the Committee agrees that the clause should stand part of the Bill.

Finally, clause 29 introduces schedule 1. The schedule makes consequential amendments to existing legislation so that the new school attendance order process for local authorities in England is reflected in relevant legislation, such as the Children Act 1989 and the Education Act 1996. Although the Bill amends the school attendance order process for local authorities in England, as set out in clause 26, the school attendance order process for authorities in Wales will remain unchanged. Clause 29 therefore makes the consequential amendments necessary to separate the process in England and Wales. I hope the Committee agrees that the clause and schedule should stand part of the Bill.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 27 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clauses 28 and 29 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Schedule 1 agreed to.

Ordered, That further consideration be now adjourned. —(Vicky Foxcroft.)

Adjourned till Tuesday 4 February at twenty-five minutes past Nine o’clock.

CWSB143 British Rabbinical Union (further submission)

CWSB144 Shared Health Foundation and Justlife

CWSB145 Institute of Recovery from Childhood Trauma (IRCT)

CWSB146 National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)

CWSB147 Association of School and College Leaders (supplementary)

CWSB148 Nahamu

CWSB149 Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP)

CWSB150 IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice)

CWSB151 Ambitious about Autism

CWSB152 Local Government Association (LGA)

CWSB153 National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum

CWSB154 British Rabbinical Union (2nd further submission)

CWSB155 Baker Dearing Educational Trust

CWSB156 Frontline

CWSB157 The Food Foundation

CWSB158 Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers (NAFP)

CWSB159 Ofsted (Supplementary)

CWSB160 Yeshiva Liaison Committee

CWSB161 Dr Anja Heilmann

CWSB162 Sir Alan Steer

CWSB163 Dr Sarah Ralph-Lane and Dr Amanda McBride

CWSB164 Professor Gordon Lynch, University of Edinburgh and Dr Sarah Harvey, INFORM on behalf of the AHRC-funded Abuse in Religious Contexts research project

CWSB165 Citizens Advice South Warwickshire (CASW), Bedworth Rugby and Nuneaton Citizens Advice (Brancab), and North Warwickshire Citizens Advice (NWCA)

CWSB166 Catholic Education Service (supplementary)