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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Iain Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have entered (a) GCSE and (b) A level examinations in each year since 1997 in (i) Hartlepool and (ii) England and Wales for the following subjects (A) English, (B) mathematics, (C) history and (D) a foreign language. [210647] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the following tables. Figures for Wales are a matter for the Welsh Assembly. Table 1: GCSE attempts of 15-year-old pupils in selected subjects 1997-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hartlepool Academic year English Mathematics History Any modern foreign language 1996/97 949 990 465 567 1997/98 1,023 1,063 458 798 1998/99 1,050 1,073 331 829 1999/2000 1,120 1,155 317 791 2000/01 1,175 1,192 419 825 2001/02 1,154 1,170 341 792 2002/03 1,218 1,248 315 831 2003/04 1,188 1,250 392 729 England Academic year English Mathematics History Any modern foreign language 1996/97 533,348 533,992 207,486 432,459 1997/98 519,983 526,882 189,070 444,704 1998/99 530,173 536,779 188,934 455,385 1999/2000 533,227 539,934 190,279 459,379 2000/01 555,392 563,852 195,231 473,393 2001/02 560,199 568,851 193,945 461,460 2002/03 577,427 585,017 194,801 453,914 2003/04 597,611 605,980 205,533 437,163 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: Number of 16 to 18-year-old GCE A level candidates in selected subjects 1997-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hartlepool Academic year English Mathematics History Any modern foreign language 1996/97 105 52 54 32 1997/98 93 56 52 29 1998/99 78 56 34 25 1999/2000 98 65 36 11 2000/01 104 83 43 17 2001/02 92 44 52 17 2002/03 86 58 55 25 2003/04 95 64 55 21 England Academic year English Mathematics History Any modern foreign language 1996/97 80,003 55,789 36,078 32,997 1997/98 80,312 56,529 34,437 31,346 1998/99 77,610 56,030 33,406 29,915 1999/2000 74,740 53,637 33,140 26,981 2000/01 74,445 54,049 33,831 26,918 2001/02 76,877 44,169 35,511 24,375 2002/03 77,270 44,531 36,513 23,703 2003/04 78,484 46,126 38,156 23,489 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

210647; 430 c78-9W;430 c79-80W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Assessments Languages History English language Pupils Hartlepool GCSE Mathematics GCE A-level

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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