Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Friday, 9 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 January 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Foreign Languages: GCE A-level

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils achieved an A level in a foreign language in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The information is provided in the table.

Number of A-level passes in modern foreign languages by 16-18 year-olds in all schools, 1999 to 2008
Subject	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
French	16,371	14,060	14,148	13,214	12,637	12,298	11,802	12,063	12,028	12,605
German	7,885	7,092	7,096	6,188	5,916	5,523	5,141	5,456	5,557	5,560
Spanish	4,323	4,207	4,174	4,314	4,434	4,576	4,883	5,148	5,431	5,728
Other modern languages	3,269	3,404	3,260	3,728	3,861	4,143	4,396	4,914	4,998	5,530
All modern languages	31,848	28,763	28,678	27,444	26,848	26,540	26,222	27,581	28,014	29,423
Note:
Figures are derived from the Achievement and Attainment Tables data. 'Other Modern Languages' include Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Dutch, Gujarati, Italian, Japanese, Panjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and Urdu

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 489 c1048W;489 c1050W; 247487
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Foreign Languages: GCE A-level
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Notes: Question originally answered on 4 February at 487 c1324W.
Subjects: Languages GCE A-level
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk