The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has given a summary of the malpractice allegations reported to exam awarding organisations between 1 January and 30 April 2012, and the resulting actions taken by the awarding bodies in that time. A total of 21 allegations were made during the reporting period. Malpractice may include such things as:
Training being delivered in less than the required hours
Inappropriate support being offered to non-English speakers
Inappropriate behaviour during the exam process that leads to candidates having an advantage over other candidates taking the same exam.
A single training and assessment centre may be the subject of several allegations. In addition, an allegation may refer to a single candidate or to the behaviour of staff at a training centre. This makes it difficult for the regulator to know exactly how many individual qualifications are affected by an allegation of malpractice. For numbers by sector visit http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/training-allegations.aspx
