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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/555",
  "legislation_title": "The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016",
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  "number": "6",
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  "text": "(1) A statement accompanying the forecasts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 which—\n(a) describes the methodology used to prepare each forecast,\n(b) summarises any changes to the methodology used to prepare each forecast since the previous collection year,\n(c) describes what, if any, assumptions were made about the following factors to prepare the forecasts—\n(i) migration;\n(ii) housing developments;\n(iii) the expected number of pupils from housing developments;\n(iv) cross-border movements of pupils between the area of the local authority and other local authority areas;\n(v) birth rates,\n(d) describes any other assumptions made to prepare the forecasts, and\n(e) provides information about—\n(i) the data sources used to provide the forecasts,\n(ii) the quality assurance arrangements for checking the forecasts, and\n(iii) the use, if any, of external organisations to provide the forecasts.\n(2) Where the collection year is the period of 12 months beginning with 1st January 2024—\n(a) the information referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is required in relation to the forecasts referred to in paragraph 4 only, and\n(b) the reference to “the previous collection year” in sub-paragraph (1)(b) is to be read as a reference to “the year beginning with 1st January 2023”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1, Sch. 1A substituted for Sch. 1 (30.11.2023) by The Information as to Provision of Education (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1186), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    }
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  },
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  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}