§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many, and what proportion of, vacancies advertised by her Department, and by each of her Department's agencies, in the last three years have listed the attainment of NVQs as an acceptable entry requirement; and, of those, how many have required (i) level 1 NVQs, (ii) level 2 NVQs, (iii) level 3 NVQs and (iv) other level NVQs. [22984]
§ Mr. ForthThe Department and its agency have held 19 recruitment competitions in the last three years of which three have listed the attainment of NVQs as an acceptable entry qualification. Of those, all have required NVQ level 1.