Written questions

AQA: Conditions of Employment and Pay

Commons · Question 12536 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to question 7572 titled AQA: Conditions of Employment and Pay, what discussions her Department had had with Ofqual specifically regarding pay and conditions for AQA staff.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 1 Jul 2026

As part of its role as the independent regulator of exams and assessments in England, Ofqual provided assurance to officials in the department that AQA had appropriate contingency arrangements in place to mitigate any potential risks to exam delivery.Whil...