HC Deb 08 March 1999 vol 327 c75W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to allow individual schools to charge parents entry fees for GCSE examinations where students fail to attend for the examination. [74701]

Mr. Mudie:

Under Section 453 of the Education Act 1996, maintained schools are already able to recover GCSE examination entry fees from parents where a student fails without good reason to attend an examination.