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29.
Mrs. Currie
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of 15 and 16-year-olds achieved an A, B or C pass in (a) GCSE English and (b) GCSE mathematics for the most recent year available.
Mr. Eggar
Of the pupils eligible to take GCSE examinations in year 11 in 1988–89, 45 per cent. gained grades A to C in GCSE English and 34 per cent. in mathematics.