§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what qualifications are required by those engaged in assessing national vocational qualifications.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe national standards for assessment of national vocational qualifications (NVQs), published in 1991, have been endorsed by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications.
Nearly all NVQ awarding bodies have already made a commitment to move towards requiring their assessors to be qualified to these national standards. The National Council for Vocational Qualifications is meeting with awarding bodies shortly to agree a time scale for the introduction of such a requirement.