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Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many entries were made for A-levels in 1989 in Latin and ancient Greek, respectively; and how many grades A and B in each subject were attained.
Mrs. Rumbold
The following table shows information for school leavers in England in 1988:
| Number of school leavers in 1988 | |
| Thousands | |
| A-level Latin | |
| Entered | 1·76 |
| Achieved grade A | 0·56 |
| Achieved grade B | 0·35 |
| A-level Ancient Greek | |
| Entered | 0·43 |
| Achieved grade A | 0·23 |
| Achieved grade B | 0·11 |