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Mr. Barry Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh students in state-funded secondary schools and sixth form colleges this year sat O or A-level examinations in (a) one modern language, (b) two modern languages, (c) computer-related subjects, (d) Latin, (e) economics and (f) sociology; what have been the relevant figures for each of the five previous years; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
The information, as supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee, is as follows:
Mr. Barry Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many Welsh students in the current year took A or O-level examinations in specialist mathematics subjects.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
The information, as supplied by the Welsh Joint Education Committee, is as follows:
| *Candidates in maintained schools and further education establishments Number | |
| 'O' Level: | |
| CS Mathematics† | 32,724 |
| Additional Mathematics‡ | 2,794 |
| Statistics | 1,219 |
| 'A' Level: | |
| Mathematics | 2,703 |
| Pure mathematics | 274 |
| Applied Mathematics | 191 |
| * Candidates taking WJEC summer examinations. Figures include candidates from tertiary colleges, but exclude external candidates. | |
| † Common syllabus and examination system for GCE 'O' level and CSE. | |
| ‡ Alternative Ordinary (AO) examinations comprising Further Pure Mathematics, Mechanics or Statistics options. | |