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Education and Skills Bill

I was right to postpone my comments because it was clear that the Minister had made some important decisions and that there was no need for me to add my voice of persuasion to the eloquent introduction by the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Bolton. Those on these Benches very much welcome the Government's change of heart. We particularly welcome the fact that parents and local authorities will get more information and that some of the bureaucracy will be taken away without doing things that were unnecessary and, from what the Minister said, would not have saved much money anyway but which could have been quite deleterious to the whole system of independent special schools. I have one question for the Minister. The list that will be produced either through Teachernet or Ofsted will be refreshed for every school every three years when there has been an inspection and there is information to add. Will that be adequate for local authorities so that they will not need to make any further inquiries that might impose a burden on schools? Will local authorities consider that list to be fresh enough with the information that it provides about the special ability of schools to deal with certain children from their area?