§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if the vocational engineering GCSE is to become an option for those not undertaking any physics courses at the same level. [49854]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Department will not prescribe how the new GCSEs in vocational subjects may be combined with other subjects. Those decisions will be taken at local level within the context of the requirements of the statutory curriculum.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if the vocational engineering GCSE is to be presented as an option for students considered less academically capable. [49855]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe new GCSEs in vocational subjects, which will include engineering, will be promoted' by the Department as being available and suitable to young people of all abilities.