Moved by
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
59: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—
“External Quality Assurance
(1) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must by regulations make provision for Ofqual to provide external quality assurance of all apprenticeship end-point assessments.
(2) Regulations under this section must prohibit the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education from providing such external quality assurances.
(3) Regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing them has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment places the external quality assurance (EQA) role that Ofqual exercises on a statutory footing.