Question follow-through · 10857
Criminology: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Criminology is to sit within Protective Services, in what way will the new qualification maintain the academic and social-science content that supports progression to university courses such as criminology,
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Criminology is to sit within Protective Services, in what way will the new qualification maintain the academic and social-science content that supports progression to university courses such as criminology,
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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26 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department published the Post-16 Pathways implementation plan on 20 May, which sets out how we will deliver changes to the technical and vocational qualifications that a young person can choose from age 16.V Levels are designed to link to occupational...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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