§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on progress on the development of a national credit framework for qualifications in post-compulsory learning. [134984]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisFollowing the commitment given in "21st Century Skills Realising Our Potential" to developing a credit framework for adults, we have written to both the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) on 9 September 2003. The QCA will continue to deliver the reform programme on unitisation of all qualifications within the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and then work with awarding bodies to assign credit values to the full range of units in the NQF. The LSC has been asked to review the credit systems currently operating outside the NQF and to identify how the application of credit to this other provision might drive quality and flexibility in further education and how such credit might be developed to provide progression into the NQF and higher education.