To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many schools in 1998, 1997 and 1996 by (a) local education authority and (b) by type of school entered no pupils for the level 6 (i) Science, (ii) English and (iii) Mathematics paper in Key Stage 2 SATs test. [79245]

The number of schools that entered no pupils for the level 6 test in the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Assessment tests broken down by subject and school type is shown in the following table.

The information is not available in the form requested and Government Statistical Service figures are produced for Employment Service Units of Delivery which cannot currently be disaggregated to individual constituencies. The following table is drawn from all those who leave the Gateway. It lists the constituencies, the Unit of Delivery each forms a part of and those leaving the Gateway with an unknown destination expressed as a percentage of all Gateway leavers. As more data are collected the numbers in this category may subsequently be revised downwards.