Question reference: S6W-02408
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 23 August 2021
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was to the SQA of implementing the 2019 diet of examinations.
Answer
I asked the Scottish Qualifications Authority to reply.
Initial modelling indicates that 60% of SQA’s running costs (permanent SQA staff, overheads and other indirect costs) were attributable to the implementation of the 2019 exam diet. Including direct delivery costs, the cost of the 2019 exam diet was therefore £52m.
The SQA levy to local authorities and entry fees charged to independent schools and colleges for National Qualifications have remained unchanged since 2012-13 despite changes in costs.