We will use a risk-based approach in considering whether or not to set an entry and inspection condition for an awarding organisation.

Factors that we will consider might in particular arise from circumstances in which:

• we are considering setting a fee-capping condition on the awarding organisation,
• we have reasonable grounds to believe that there is an ongoing risk to the maintenance of standards in relation to an awarding organisation‟s own qualification design, development or assessment arrangements,
• the awarding organisation has a history of non-compliance with the conditions of its recognition,
• the awarding organisation has a history of financial difficulty, or
• we have other reasons to believe that the awarding organisation might not co-operate with us by providing us with the full and accurate information we require for the purposes of effective regulation.