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Dr. Starkey
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in each of the five years before and each year since the introduction of the National Curriculum, how many girls and how many boys have taken at least one science subject at (a) GCSE and (b) A-level. [35371]
Dr. Howells
The information requested in respect of GCSE and GCE A level science is as follows:
| (000s) | ||||||
| Number of pupils taking GCSE Science | Number of students taking GCE A Level Science | |||||
| Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | |
| 1986 | 305 | 276 | 581 | 41 | 24 | 65 |
| 1987 | 303 | 277 | 581 | 40 | 24 | 64 |
| 1988 | 269 | 249 | 518 | 39 | 23 | 62 |
| 1989 | 266 | 258 | 524 | 36 | 24 | 60 |
| 1990 | 250 | 247 | 496 | 37 | 26 | 63 |
| 1991 | 245 | 240 | 485 | 35 | 24 | 59 |
| 1992 | 240 | 235 | 475 | 32 | 23 | 56 |
| 1993 | 236 | 229 | 465 | 27 | 19 | 46 |
| 1994 | 244 | 238 | 482 | 26 | 19 | 46 |
| 1995 | 265 | 258 | 523 | 27 | 20 | 47 |
| 1996 | 271 | 266 | 537 | 27 | 20 | 47 |
| 1997 | 268 | 264 | 532 | 29 | 23 | 51 |
Note:
The National Curriculum was introduced in 1991 for Key Stage 1 and in 1992 for Key Stage 3.