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Written question asked by Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 October 2006. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Monday, 6 November 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

A-levels

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in the Wantage constituency took (a) chemistry, (b) physics and (c) a modern language at A-level in each year since 1997.
Answer

Information on the numbers studying A-levels is not available centrally. The information available relates to those entered for examinations. The number of A-level entries by 16 to 18-year-olds in schools located in the Wantage constituency for each requested subject is given in the following table.

Chemistry Physics Modern languages
1997 65 47 39
1998 63 62 47
1999 67 54 46
2000 54 61 50
2001 49 60 46
2002 53 46 31
2003 54 50 27
2004 37 36 36
2005 40 52 32
2006¹ 41 47 39
¹ Figures for 2006 are provisional and may be subject to change. Note: There are five schools with post-16 results located in the Wantage constituency.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
451 c956W; 98243
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Languages Science GCE A-level
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk