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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour) on Monday, 16 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2006. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 23 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Examinations (Cheating)

Question
(2) if she will list the educational establishments adjudged to have been complicit in cheating or assisting in cheating in examinations or coursework leading to a qualification in the last five years.
Answer

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, regulator for qualifications in England, published for the first time in March 2005 total figures for the number of GCSE and A level confirmed malpractice cases dealt with by AQA, Edexcel, and OCR during the summer 2004 exams series. These figures are as follows:

Candidate malpractice cases
AQA 1,608
Edexcel 847
OCR 1,118
Note: These figures are for the number of cases of candidate malpractice rather than the number of candidates.

The QCA are intending to publish in late March 2006, similar data at a greater level of detail, broken down by category of offence, for the summer 2005 exams series. Those figures are still being verified.Further details of the cases set out aforementioned are not readily available and could be obtained from the awarding bodies only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
43525; 441 c1909-10W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Assessments Fraud Misconduct Pupils
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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