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Yes, we played quite a significant role in the final decisions.Are there any comments on paragraphs 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 or 26? Do members have any comments on paragraph 27, on the scrutiny of subordinate legislation?
I presume that it will continue to affect the potential costs to local authorities—if there are any—when the new system comes in and when the new contracts come into effect on 1 April.
On the positive front, the Executive is turning its attention to that issue. The policy environment is new, and it is hard to get everything right from the start.
As I said, the forms can take eight hours to get sorted; if there are 100 new students in an institution, that is a long time.There is a cap on the DSA and sometimes it runs out.