Mr. Aidan Farrell:

We last met the committee in June of last year, which was after the examination had taken place but prior to the marking. We have reviewed in some detail actual student experience and performance across the examination. We now have clear data that indicates that time was not an issue during the examination. The candidates did not run out of time before the end of the examination. The proportion of marks that were achieved in the later questions in the examination were not disproportionate to those that were awarded for the earlier questions in the paper, which might show some element of student fatigue or flagging towards the end of the examination. We are very happy that the examination did transact as we would have wished.