Thanks for the advice Wiggy.You are absolutely right. Its a double edge sword with this one - if the FTO's raise their minimum requirements, I would probably never have had the opportunity but as they are at the moment, there are far too many people getting through to stage one. I think the £200 fee is unfair at this stage. Post assessment would be a good time IMO to start charging for training.£200 to sit a paper maths exam and a carry out an exercise on an outdated, overused computer is a bit excessive.Thanks for all your advice along the way and good luck to anyone still in the process - maybe this is a case of sour grapes - I'll have to resort to wine making from now on.