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Written Question
Independent Schools Inspectorate: Finance
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Asked by: Jonathan Brash (Labour - Hartlepool)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides funding to (a) the independent schools inspectorate and (b) cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department does not provide funding to the Independent Schools Inspectorate, and does not cover the cost of inspections undertaken by the inspectorate.


Written Question
GCE A-level: Exports
Monday 3rd March 2025

Asked by: Jonathan Brash (Labour - Hartlepool)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the potential value to the economy of the export of Advanced Level (A-level) qualifications overseas.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department does not hold information on the value of exporting A level qualifications overseas.

Ofqual publishes a range of information about exported qualifications. The latest information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-qualifications-market-report-academic-year-2022-to-2023/annual-qualifications-market-report-2022-to-2023-academic-year#in-focus-international-market. This data does not include unregulated qualifications, such as international A levels, which are also offered overseas by awarding organisations.