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Thank you all.

Something like that would be ideal, thank you.

I understand the example that you gave and the instances where the situation may start with a referral in relation to a CSP and then escalate to a claim under the 2010 act, but I am interested in cases where children or their carers make a claim under the 2010 act directly. We have heard about how few CSPs there are—0.2 per cent of children with a recognised additional need have one—and part of the reason for that, based on some of the evidence that we have heard previously, is that children and the adults in their life are not aware of the existence of CSPs or their right to access them. I would be interested to know whether you have cases coming to you that go straight to claims under the 2010 act that could perhaps have been resolved through a CSP, but information on CSPs had simply not been provided to the child or their parent or carer beforehand.

May, can you explain whether there are significant differences between a referral in relation to a CSP and a claim under the Equality Act 2010 or in what way you would handle those differently?

On the point about the letters in particular, if you have any anonymised or generic examples of letters that you could provide to the committee—while recognising the confidentiality of each case—we would find that really interesting. I recognise that that might not be possible, given their nature.

I am interested in how a placing request is dealt with if the mainstream school has an ASL unit or a dedicated space within it, such that there is not a binary distinction between a mainstream school that does not have specific provision and a specialist school that does. Is a particular process followed? Are there any differences when you handle a request where there is ASL provision in the mainstream school? Obviously, if the request has reached you, either the young person or the family has felt that that is not sufficient to meet their needs.

I had a piece of casework on exactly that issue.

Perhaps I could ask about that a little bit more. Are the legislation and the guidance under which the tribunal is operating clear enough on how you should go about dealing with a case that relates to provision in the mainstream setting?

I believe that we are just about to move on to that topic, and I have got lots of questions about it. However, other members want to come in first.

That was all very useful.

Thank you; that is really useful.