Moved by
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
25E: Clause 27, page 23, line 3, at end insert—
“(2A) If the educational and social care provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) is deemed insufficient to meet the needs of children and young people under subsection (2), a local authority must—
(a) publish these findings;
(b) involve those consulted under subsection (3) in producing an action plan to revise the educational and social care provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b);
(c) review and report on progress against the action plan; and
(d) revise the local offer accordingly.
(2B) Regulations shall make provision about—
(a) criteria to be used by local authorities in assessing whether the educational and social care provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) is sufficient under subsection (2);
(b) the information to be included in an authority’s action plan;
(c) how an authority is to involve children, young people and families in the production of, and assessment of progress against, its action plan;
(d) imposing time limits on implementing the revision of the educational and social care provision referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) that has been deemed insufficient under subsection (2A).”