Written question asked by Phyllis Starkey (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 July 2001. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 July 2001 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 3rd July, Official Report, column 81W, on modern languages, how many GCSE and A level passes, in each of the language categories and years, were obtained by students at (a) independent and (b) state schools. - Includes table.

Answer: Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer of 3 July 2001, Official Report, column 81W, on modern languages, how many GCSE and A-level passes, in each of the language categories and years, were obtained by students at (a) independent and (b) state schools. [2836] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The number of GCSE and A-level passes, in each of the language categories and years, obtained by students in (a) independent and (b) state schools are shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE GCE A-level 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 (a) Independent schools Urdu 380 435 439 508 728 56 105 23 85 113 Bengali 35 36 38 37 36 -- 1 2 -- 2 Gujarati 87 111 97 93 136 -- -- -- -- -- Hindi -- -- -- -- -- 3 6 4 1 -- Chinese 1,243 1,283 1,203 1,112 1,277 750 677 825 888 961 Any modern 46,211 44,501 42,202 41,538 41,876 9,505 9,510 9,310 9,240 8,711 language (b) State schools Urdu 5,617 5,661 5,525 5,732 5,722 231 240 182 205 226 Bengali 1,939 2,061 2,011 2,056 1,967 30 26 36 9 15 Gujarati 1,015 1,043 832 1,009 1,017 -- -- -- -- -- Hindi -- -- -- -- -- 14 3 3 3 -- Chinese 493 574 546 596 593 59 72 87 107 133 Any modern 391,440 388,408 408,264 421,523 425,546 13,890 13,687 13,499 13,048 11,825 language _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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