Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 January 2006. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Qualifications

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) GCSE passes at grade A-C and (b) GNVQ full intermediate passes there were in (i) media studies and (ii) child care in each of the last 20 years.

Answer

The information requested (where available) can be found in the following tables.

Number of A*-C passes in GCSE media. film and TV studies, by 15-year-old pupils⁽⁴⁶⁾
	Number
2000	—
2001	—
2002	15,300
2003	17,600
2004	20,700
2005	24,500

Number of full intermediate GNVQ passes in media: communication and production, by 15-year-old pupils⁽⁴⁶⁾
	Number
2000	15
2001	9
2002	48
2003	137
2004	134
2005	761
⁽⁴⁶⁾ Age at the start of the academic year.

Figures for GCSE Media Studies are not available pre 2002 and GNVQ Media pre 2000. Courses in Child Care are not available at GCSE or GNVQ level.

Secondary information