Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 January 2005. It was answered by Stephen Twigg (Labour) on Thursday, 27 January 2005 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 entries there were at A-level in (a) French, (b) German and (c) modern languages from schools currently designated as specialist language colleges in each of the last eight years, including entries from such schools before their designation. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entries there were at A-level in (a) French, (b) German and (c) modern languages from schools currently designated as specialist language colleges in each of the last eight years, including entries from such schools before their designation. [210831] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested on GCE A-levels entries for 16 to 18-year-olds in specialist language colleges between 1997 and 2004 is given in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. French German Other modern languages All modern languages 2004 914 435 660 2,009 2003 913 512 567 1,992 2002 936 500 525 1,961 2001 1,033 542 484 2,059 2000 1,014 571 444 2,029 1999 1,152 600 443 2,195 1998 1,188 598 407 2,193 1997 1,315 553 361 2,229 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The specialist language colleges included are those operational on 1 September 2004.

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