Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 9 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 May 2002. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Thursday, 16 May 2002 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, how many and what percentage of profoundly deaf young people achieved (a) five A to C GCSE grades and (b) 5 A to G GCSE grades, broken down by local authority in the last four years.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of profoundly deaf young people achieved (a) five A to C GCSE grades and (b) five A to G GCSE grades, broken down by local authority in the last four years. [56492] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The Department currently does not collect this information centrally, though we shall shortly be consulting on whether and how data on different types of special educational needs could be collected. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, the data requested might be collected from January 2004.

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