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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many maintained secondary schools taught (a) French, (b) German, (c) Spanish, (d) Italian, (e) Latin and (f) Greek at (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level in each year since 1995. [102560] Mr. Miliband: We do not collect data on how many maintained secondary schools taught French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin and Greek at GCSE and A-level since 1995. We do hold information on the number of pupils in all maintained schools taking GCSE and A-level examinations in these subjects since 1995. They are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. GCSE (a) French (b) German (c) Spanish (d) Italian (e) Latin (f) Greek 2002 282,278 115,907 41,251 2,531 3,274 93 2001 290,992 121,441 38,877 2,397 3,503 77 2000 283,640 118,606 36,176 2,114 3,380 94 1999 281,218 120,495 33,823 1,989 3,303 97 1998 276,180 117,587 33,250 2,115 3,359 95 1997 273,255 116,944 29,013 1,819 3,830 117 1996 280,610 115,208 28,731 1,915 4,115 116 1995 280,266 109,469 26,526 1,928 4,119 205 A level (a) French (b) German (c) Spanish (d) Italian (e) Latin (f) Greek 20021 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2001 7,613 4,081 1,777 219 252 10 2000 7,334 4,008 1,673 213 241 15 1999 8,416 4,480 1,792 185 269 11 1998 9,136 4,714 1,697 181 308 15 1997 9,842 4,555 1,677 181 312 26 1996 10,409 4,758 1,525 156 327 20 1995 10,407 4,606 1,276 154 377 29 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2002 A level figures are not currently available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

102560; 401 c566-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Assessments Curriculum Languages Schools Secondary education GCSE Classics GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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