{"value":{"id":1336668,"askingMemberId":4510,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-06-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","uin":"16169","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure the continued availability of (a) BTECs and (b) other applied general qualifications .","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4680,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-06-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The department has consulted in two stages on proposals for the review of post-16 qualifications at level 3, which includes Applied General qualifications and level 3 Pearson BTEC qualifications.</p><p>The second stage of consultation ran from 23 October 2020 to 31 January 2021 and set out proposals for the qualifications that should be approved for funding alongside A levels and T Levels, and how we will make sure every qualification is high quality and allows progression to good outcomes.</p><p>We are considering the feedback to the consultation carefully and will publish a full response later this year.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Vocational Education: Qualifications","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1336668","method":"GET"}]}