HC Deb 07 March 1995 vol 256 c110W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his letter of 27 February to the hon. Member for Linlithgow,(a) what proposals he has to make changes in the system of written work in relation to physical education examinations in schools and (b) what factors led him to reject the explanation put forward in relation to the two pupils accused of cheating from a school named in correspondence with the hon. Member for Linlithgow.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 6 March 1995]: The Scottish Examination Board keeps all its assessment arrangements under review and has decided that revised procedures will be in place for written work in standard grade physical education assignments for 1996 onwards.

Responsibility for decisions in relation to assessment for awards under the Scottish Certificate of Education rests with the Scottish Examination Board, which carried out a thorough review of the case in question.