T-levels

(asked on 16th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has provided an analysis of the single provider proposals for T-levels; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 21st May 2018

On 20 December 2016 the Competition and Markets Authority wrote to the department outlining its views on the Technical and Further Education Bill, in which it highlighted the opportunities and risks, from a competition point of view, of a single licensing approach for technical qualifications.

The letter made recommendations that it wished the department to take into account when developing its policy, which we have done. We have also carefully considered the process of commissioning organisations to deliver each new T level qualification. The CMA’s letter is published at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-and-further-education-bill-cma-recommendations.

In its consultation on the implementation of T level programmes, the department confirmed that it would use the commissioning process and contract terms to achieve genuine competition for the market, both at the initial procurement and in subsequent rounds.

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