# Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009, Section 23: Collection of data on additional support needs


After section 27 of the 2004 Act insert—
“Collection of data on additional support needs
27A (1) The Scottish Ministers must each year collect from each education authority information on—
(a) the number of children and young persons for whose school education the authority are responsible having additional support needs,
(b) the principal factors giving rise to the additional support needs of those children and young persons,
(c) the types of support provided to those children and young persons, and
(d) the cost of providing that support.
(2) The Scottish Ministers must publish the information collected each year under subsection (1).
(3) The Scottish Ministers may (after consulting such persons as they consider appropriate) by regulations specify the format in and method by which the information mentioned in subsection (1) is to be—
(a) provided to, and
(b) published by,
them.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2009/7/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-additional-support-for-learning-scotland-act-2009/section-23
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