To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the consultation on Promoting achievement, valuing success: a strategy for 14 to 19 qualifications; and if he will make a statement. (247239)

In March 2008 we published our consultation paper “Promoting achievement, valuing success: A strategy for 14-19 qualifications”. The consultation closed on 23 June 2008. We published a summary of the responses to the consultation on the DCSF consultation website

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/consultations

in July 2008 and published our formal response to the consultation in our “Delivering 14-19 Reform: Next Steps” document which was published on 13 October 2008

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/publications/14-19nextsteps.