Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the equity of the number of examinations mandated for individual GCSE syllabuses.

This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) and I have asked its Chief Regulator, Jo Saxton, to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.