Ms Andrea Feeney:

That would be extremely difficult to do because there are 36,000 students being provided with accommodations within the scheme. Students with dyslexia are included in the 70% of the cohort who have learning difficulties. Some 25,000 students are being provided with reasonable accommodation supports at the moment for learning difficulties. Equally, I am sure there are children with general learning difficulties who would benefit from additional time in examinations if that is something that was available to them.

There are also students in the physical category, some 13,000 students, who would benefit from additional time if it was something that was available to them. I appreciate that there are particular concerns in respect of students with dyslexia, but we have to consider the broader scheme and totality of students that might benefit from additional time if it was available to them under the scheme.