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Education and Skills Bill

I confirm again that I said in response to the debate initiated by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, on this precise issue that we will work to ensure standard pro formas which I believe will cover the generality of the case. I do not believe that there is anything like the confusion referred to by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. The specific cases we are talking about concern employees who do not have a pro forma, and there is good reason to believe on the basis of information that the local authority has on those individuals that they are not engaging in education or training. For the great generality of those who come to employers, the checks will be conducted and we will see that a standard pro forma is available. This will be a non-bureaucratic and very straightforward process.