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Lord Lucas' question to Baroness Morgan
Lord Lucas (Conservative)
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as required by the Code of Practice on Consultation, they have published an impact assessment to accompany the "Registration and Monitoring Proposals" consultation following Mr Badman's report on Elective Home Education; and, if so, whether they will place a copy in the Library of the House.
Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 29 June 2009, c6W)
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Children, Schools and Families; Labour)
An impact assessment is not required for the consultation at this stage as the proposals are still at an early stage of development. We do not expect them to place any significant additional burdens on local authorities as most already monitor home education, and our proposals will provide additional powers that will assist local authorities in dealing more efficiently with the small number of cases where home education does not come up to scratch. If we decide to proceed with legislation we will publish an impact assessment and will place a copy in the Library of the House.
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Baroness Morgan's answer is misleading. She says:
"An impact assessment is not required for the consultation at this stage as the proposals are still at an early stage of development. We do not expect them to place any significant additional burdens on local authorities as most already monitor home education, and our proposals will provide additional powers that will assist local authorities in dealing more efficiently with the small number of cases where home education does not come up to scratch."
But as we all know, the proposals would make registration compulsory, so they would provide additional powers in "dealing with" ALL home educators who obey the registration requirement, NOT just those who are not providing an education that comes up to scratch. They would provide a blanket right to enter the homes of all home educators and interview the children in their parents' absence. Really, Morgan should have known that!
Didn't her advisers even read the report before they briefed her to get up in Parliament and answer a question about it???
The interesting question is - does this mean that an impact assessment should have been made?