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Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill

I do agree, and I would go further. Not only does Scott Quinnell talk about his problems and, indeed, the problems experienced by his two children—that is what really got him going on the Dore programme—but the programme has proved successful for him and his children. Indeed, it has worked not just for the Quinnell family, but for perhaps 20,000 other people in the United Kingdom over the past few years. The Dore website contains more information about dyspraxia, dyslexia and autism than could be obtained from a local authority, so the information is available, but when the hon. Member for Crosby (Mrs. Curtis-Thomas) asked, at the beginning of 2004, if the Home Secretary would"““make a statement on the results of the DORE achievement centres and dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention deficit treatment programme at Balsall Common School; and what plans he has to extend the programme to other schools””," the then Minister for Children, the right hon. Member for Barking (Margaret Hodge), replied:"““The dyslexia, dyspraxia and attention disorder treatment… is one of a number of commercially available programmes designed to support children with specific learning difficulties. It is for parents, individual schools and local education authorities to decide whether a given technique has something to offer an individual child in the light of his or her particular needs. The Department has no plans to extend the programme to other schools but officials are meeting with representatives… to receive an update.””—[Official Report, 12 January 2004; Vol. 416, c. 503W.]" That meeting took place, but the only thing that has happened since is that the Dore programme has been withdrawn from Stafford prison.