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Written question asked by John Pugh (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

National Curriculum Tests

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to the public purse of standard assessment tests was in each of the last five years.
Answer

The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency's (QCDA) estimates of the costs of delivering the national curriculum tests for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 in each of the last five years are as follows:-

£ thousand
Total cost of NCT
2008-09 21,755
2007-08 50,570
2006-07 51,559
2005-06 51,743
2004-05 43,828

Statutory Key Stage 3 national curriculum tests have been discontinued and were not administered in 2009. Costs quoted for the 2008-09 financial year are net of the £19,500,000.00 cash settlement received by QCDA, following termination of the test operations contract with ETS Global BV (ETS) in 2008.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c144W; 303115
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Expenditure National curriculum tests
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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