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	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the independent public inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic, announced on 12 May 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>On 12 May, the Prime Minister confirmed that a public inquiry into COVID-19 would be established on a statutory basis, with full formal powers, and that it will begin its work in spring 2022.</p><p>Further details will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 38324 38325 40615 40625 40626 40941 40963 40991 41224 question first answered 06/09/2021 16:25:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1351284

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many moderators each examination board has employed in the academic year (a) 2020-21 compared to (b) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department recognises that head teachers and staff have worked hard over last year to support their pupils. It would not have been possible for pupils to have received their results without the commitment and expertise of head teachers, teachers and support staff.</p><p>Awarding Organisations (AOs) are responsible for setting their exam fees, including any refunds on fees this year<em>. </em>The AOs have been clear that they do not intend to profit from reductions in costs this year. The Department understands that AOs have made commercial decisions on fees and refunds, taking into account the range of costs they incurred as part of their processes, which led to the awarding of qualifications. We are providing approximately £25 million to schools, colleges and exam boards to help with the delivery of 2021 Teacher Assessed Grades and the autumn series. The Department confirmed that it would directly fund AOs to support them with appeals costs and any autumn series losses they make, so that in turn they could increase rebates to centres. AOs have announced their rebates levels for the 2020/21 academic year as follows: AQA 26%, OCR 42%, Pearson 33% and WJEC 42%. Further details of individual AOs’ fees and any refunds can be accessed on AOs' websites.</p><p>As AOs are independent bodies, the Department does not hold data on the number of moderators employed. The quality assurance process this year was not designed to moderate grades, but support teachers to make their professional judgements so that pupils received grades that are meaningful.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 40752 question first answered 06/09/2021 13:59:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1351283

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much exam boards have charged each educational establishment that falls into the exam boards criteria in the academic year 2020-21 compared to the academic year 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department recognises that head teachers and staff have worked hard over last year to support their pupils. It would not have been possible for pupils to have received their results without the commitment and expertise of head teachers, teachers and support staff.</p><p>Awarding Organisations (AOs) are responsible for setting their exam fees, including any refunds on fees this year<em>. </em>The AOs have been clear that they do not intend to profit from reductions in costs this year. The Department understands that AOs have made commercial decisions on fees and refunds, taking into account the range of costs they incurred as part of their processes, which led to the awarding of qualifications. We are providing approximately £25 million to schools, colleges and exam boards to help with the delivery of 2021 Teacher Assessed Grades and the autumn series. The Department confirmed that it would directly fund AOs to support them with appeals costs and any autumn series losses they make, so that in turn they could increase rebates to centres. AOs have announced their rebates levels for the 2020/21 academic year as follows: AQA 26%, OCR 42%, Pearson 33% and WJEC 42%. Further details of individual AOs’ fees and any refunds can be accessed on AOs' websites.</p><p>As AOs are independent bodies, the Department does not hold data on the number of moderators employed. The quality assurance process this year was not designed to moderate grades, but support teachers to make their professional judgements so that pupils received grades that are meaningful.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 40753 question first answered 06/09/2021 13:59:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1351285

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of teacher assessed grades introduced as a result of the covid-19 outbreak that are required by examination boards.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	40754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Grades were based on a range of evidence and determined by their teachers. Teachers were best placed to understand the content students have covered and their pupils’ performance in the absence of exams.</p><p>To support teachers in assessing, marking and making judgements on pupils’ work, the Joint Council for Qualifications and the exam boards published guidance, training and other support materials. Where available, exemplar answers and data on past performance were provided to centres to assist teachers with marking these questions and making fair and consistent judgements of the standard of a pupil’s performance. There was also a process for both internal and external quality assurance to support teachers and ensure consistency. Ofqual worked closely with awarding organisations to ensure robust and similar quality assurance processes were also in place for vocational and technical qualifications being awarded via Teacher Assessed Grades in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2021 17:12:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning