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The bulk of the policy has already been set out on the face of the Bill, and a power is being taken here to add detail by way of a code of practice and to bring that code into force by regulations.
We found that none of the councils presented more than the minimum of three years required by the prudential code. The code requires councils to use prudential indicators to look ahead for three years, but no council went further than that.
The consultation aims to establish whether there is scope to make improvements to the code itself or to the guidance issued by the Public Appointments Commissioner.The current code of practice was made in April 2011 and came into effect only in September 2011.
There are of course some great things going on to help young people get into coding, but the fundamental point is that, since 2008, the number of computing science teachers in our schools has dropped by a quarter.