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Commons · Question 4077 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

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Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take further steps to reform the data collection methodology in order to (a) increase the accuracy and (b) reduce the statistical range in reporting the prevalence of (i) 25% extra time, (ii) use of

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Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Jun 2026

This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, to write directly to the hon. Member for East Hampshire. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Librarie...