Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 September 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Thursday, 18 September 2003 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 (a) boys, (b) girls and (c) children from ethnic backgrounds have reached the required standards of (i) English and (ii) mathematics at Key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority; how many and what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls from ethnic minority backgrounds have reached the required standards of (i) English and (ii) maths at Key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. (Tables in Library Dep 03/1992). - The information requested has been placed in Library.

Answer: Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) boys, (b) girls and (c) children from ethnic backgrounds have reached the required standards of (i) English and (ii) mathematics at Key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority; [127904] (2) how many and what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls from ethnic minority backgrounds have reached the required standards of (i) English and (ii) maths at Key stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 in each year since 1997, broken down by local education authority. [127924] Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 410 c988W;410 c986W; 127904;127924
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Assessments Ethnic groups English language Local education authorities Pupils Minority groups Primary education Standards Secondary education Literacy Mathematics Numeracy
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk