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This measure will be supported by changes to regulations and to the School Admissions Code to enable local authorities to object where a PAN is increased or retained; and to create new rules to ensure that quality of provision and parental choice are key considerations throughout. On the point about using regulations, in the department’s discussions with the representatives of trusts, there has been strong recognition that it is appropriate, in these circumstances, to do this through the regulations approach. Of course, that also enables us both to continue that consultation and to make sure that those regulations and the School Admissions Code do what all of us, from different types of schools, want to see delivered here. Alongside changes to regulations, this clause will help create a clear legal framework for how decisions on PANs are made to ensure that all local children have access to an education where they can achieve and thrive.