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Written question asked by Barry Sheerman (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 October 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 10 October 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.


GCSE Foreign Languages

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many students were exempt from the oral section of GCSE foreign language examinations due to a disability in each of the last five years.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.The number of students exempt from the oral section of GCSE foreign language examinations due to a disability in each of the past five years is as follows:

OCR AQA EDEXCEL Wales Northern Ireland
2001 5 — — 0 0
2002 3 — — 1 0
2003 0 36 — 2 0
2004 6 51 — 2 0
2005 2 22 4 1 0
(61) No data available

This data has been supplied by the awarding bodies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
16291; 437 c185W;437 c184-5W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Languages Special educational needs