HC Deb 26 October 2000 vol 355 c191W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent consultations he has held with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. [134214]

Ms Estelle Morris

The Secretary of State and his Ministers regularly seek advice from the QCA on a wide range of matters that fall within the remit of the Authority. Among the issues on which the Secretary of State has received advice from the QCA are the introduction of vocational GCSEs, the development of advanced extension awards, raising standards at Key Stage 3 and access to marked examination scripts.