Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 26 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2005. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Thursday, 3 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Vocational Qualifications

Question: (2) how many and what proportion of 15-year-olds achieved one or more Full General National Vocational Qualification at (a) Foundation and (b) Intermediate level in each year since 1995.

Answer

The information requested can be found in the following tables.

GNVQ achievements of 15-year-old pupils in all schools⁽¹¹⁾
		Part 1 Intermediate GNVQ			Part 1 Foundation GNVQ
	Number of15-year-old pupils (000)	Number (000)	Percentage	Number (000)	Percentage
2005	637.2	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
2004	643.6	4.5	0.7	0.1	0.0
2003	622.1	45.0	7.2	8.8	1.4
2002	606.6	25.5	4.2	6.6	1.1
2001	603.3	14.6	2.4	3.6	0.6
2000	580.4	9.3	1.6	2.5	0.4
1999	581.0	7.2	1.2	2.3	0.4
1998	575.2	4.4	0.8	1.4	0.2
1997	586.8	1.9	0.3	0.8	0.1

		Full Intermediate GNVQ			Full Foundation GNVQ
	Number of15-year-old pupils (000)	Number (000)	Percentage	Number (000)	Percentage
2005	637.2	53.4	8.4	2.3	0.4
2004	643.6	44.0	6.8	2.6	0.4
2003	622.1	32.3	5.2	2.5	0.4
2002	606.6	11.0	1.8	1.4	0.2
2001	603.3	1.7	0.3	0.8	0.1
2000	580.4	1.2	0.2	1.0	0.2
1999	581.0	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.1
1998	575.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.1
1997	586.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.1
⁽¹¹⁾ Age at the beginning of the academic year (i.e. 31 August).
⁽¹²⁾ Figures for 2005 are provisional. All other figures are final.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 23453; 438 c1326-8W;438 c1324-6W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Vocational Qualifications
Thursday, 3 November 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Standards GNVQs