HC Deb 22 June 1982 vol 26 cc57-8W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to complete his consultations following his publication relating to a proposed new qualification at 17 years.

Mr. William Shelton

The document published on 20 May announced the Government's decision to establish a new national qualification at 17-plus: the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education—CPVE. We are now consulting the examining and validating bodies and the local authority associations with a view to establishing a consortium to establish and run this new qualification. I am aiming to complete these consultations by the early autumn.