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Asked by Samantha NiblettLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 72386

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to require the Joint Council for Qualifications to ensure that all exam regulatory boards action requests for a name change following marriage.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, to write to my hon. Friend, the Member for South Derbyshire directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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