Written question asked by Nadine Dorries (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 October 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Science

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have gained GCSEs in dual science in each year since 1997, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The information requested can be found in the following table.

Table 1: Number of 15-year-old pupils achieving GCSE Double Award Science by grade⁽⁸¹⁾
Thousand
	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	U	X	Total
1997	16.1	31.5	76.6	88.7	92.7	68.5	38.0	11.5	6.0	10.1	439.6
1998	15.3	33.8	55.2	110.3	92.1	64.7	36.1	13.8	8.9	0.8	431.0
1999	16.8	33.9	55.5	113.6	95.6	67.0	37.6	14.0	7.5	0.5	441.9
2000	17.5	35.3	54.7	117.7	96.5	65.5	35.8	13.7	7.7	0.7	445.0
2001	18.8	37.1	57.7	126.1	97.6	66.7	37.1	14.4	8.0	0.6	464.1
2002	19.0	37.2	59.1	127.1	97.7	66.8	36.2	14.1	8.5	0.7	466.5
2003	18.2	39.1	60.9	131.8	92.8	63.7	39.0	16.8	9.8	0.8	473.0
2004	20.4	40.2	63.5	135.7	91.4	64.1	37.3	16.5	9.8	0.7	479.6
2005	21.2	40.6	63.1	127.9	86.5	54.8	31.2	13.3	8.2	0.7	447.4
⁽⁸¹⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽⁸²⁾ Grade U refers to pupils who are ungraded or unclassified.
⁽⁸³⁾ Grade X refers to pupils who were absent or results pending.
⁽⁸⁴⁾ As numbers are rounded, figures in each row will not sum exactly to row totals.
⁽⁸⁵⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.

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