At this centre, the Examinations Head was given an extra General Assistant whose main duties included handling the access to the special examinations area. Members also inspected the loading area as well as the storage facilities for the question papers and answer sheets. In the eleven years at the centre there had been one incident where a member of staff had supplied a memory stick with a trial exam paper loaded to a family member. This gap had subsequently been closed through the use of coding. The member of staff implicated had the necessary hearings and after many delays there was an appeal by the union for a plea bargain for leniency. The member of staff was fined one month without pay and returned to his post.