HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 cc572-3W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many appeals against A-level results were lodged in the last year for which figures are available; and what were their outcomes.

Mr. Boswell

Appeals against A-level results are made in the first instance to the GCE examination boards. Information on such appeals is not held centrally. If appellants remain dissatisfied they may pursue their concerns with the Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations, IAASE. In 1991–92 the IAASE heard eight formal appeals on A-level matters. It rejected three, and required the relevant board to reconsider its decision in five.