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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 30 March 2017. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 April 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Design and Technology: GCE A-level

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students eligible for free school meals have taken A-level design and technology in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Department does not hold information on free school meal (FSM) eligibility for students at the end of A-Level.

The number of students entered for design & technology and computing A levels at the end of A-Level study is published according to their FSM eligibility at school 3 years previously in the underlying data of the ‘A level attainment by pupil characteristics’ transparency data[1].

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
69655
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Disadvantaged Design Technology Students GCE A-level
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk