§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidelines his Department has issued to pupil referral units on the enrolment or non-enrolment of children on their registers. [47888]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe Department has provided guidance on this matter to pupil referral units in Circular 11/94 'The Education by LEAs of Children Otherwise than at School'. We will be consulting on revised guidance on the education of children out of school, including in pupil referral units, later this year.
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) the primary and (b) the secondary independent schools with the facility of emotional and behavioural difficulties specialty by local authority in England. [47993]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe requested information is given in tables which have been placed in the Library. List A shows independent schools approved under s.347(1) of the Education Act 1996 for the admission of pupils with statements of special educational need specifying emotional and behavioural difficulties, by authority in which the school is situated and by age range specified in its terms of approval. List B shows schools with provisional or final registration under s.465 of the Act which have indicated that they can cater for this group of pupils: in most cases this has been verified by OFSTED but such verification may still be awaited for a few recently registered schools. Before a local education authority places a child with a statement in one of the schools on List B, it requires the consent of the Secretary of State under s.347(5)(b) of the Act.