Government Response: The Education Workforce Council (Further Education Teacher Qualifications, Periods of Absence from Work and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026

Technical Scrutiny point 1:                                 The Welsh Government has considered the points raised by the Committee. Where appropriate, historical names of awarding bodies have been included in the table, including Cambridge English. The Welsh Government notes the point made in relation to OCR but is content that the names of all awarding bodies would be correctly identified by the users of this legislation who are likely to be (a) a person wanting to register to provide further education accessing the table to ascertain whether they have a specified qualification, (b) further education institutions checking whether a person has a specified qualification and (c) the Education Workforce Council in carrying out its functions.