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Written question asked by Siân Berry (Green Party) on Friday, 30 August 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. It was answered by Janet Daby (Labour) on Thursday, 12 September 2024 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Business and Criminology: BTEC Qualifications

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took the (a) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Business and (b) WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma in Criminology in (i) Brighton and Hove and (ii) the UK in the 2023-24 academic year; and whether students will be able to enrol on these courses in the 2025-26 academic year.

Answer

The full-year participation data for the 2023/24 academic year is expected to be available in November 2024. After this point the department will be in a position to provide additional breakdowns.

Regarding student enrolment for the 2025/26 academic year, on 24 July 2024 the Secretary of State announced that the department is conducting a short, internal review of Post-16 qualifications reform at Level 3 and below. Defunding decisions for 2025 onwards will be confirmed after the short review and we will set out the position before the end of December 2024.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3628
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Business Students BTEC qualifications Welsh Joint Education Committee Criminology
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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