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<p>Three companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad.
<ins class="ministerial">Four companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for
applicants within the UK.</ins> The contract was awarded to IELTS Consortium; the
Consortium is made up of Cambridge English Language Assessment as Consortium Lead,
with British Council and IDP IELTS Australia. The Concession Agreement is cost neutral
as it was procured as a concession, rather than a contract, with test-takers paying
the test provider directly. The Home Office has not provided funding to the service
providers under this arrangement. An estimate of the market value is approximately
£60 million per annum worldwide, based on expected volumes of upwards of 400,000 SELT
tests at an average cost of £150 per test.</p>
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