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Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students achieved A grades in modern languages at (a) GCSE and (b) 'A' level in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [99625]
Mr. Miliband
The number of students who achieved A grades in Modern Languages at GCSE and A level in each year since 1995 are:
| GCSE1 | A level | |||||
| French | German | Spanish | French | German | Spanish | |
| 2002 | 52,751 | 22,121 | 10,542 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 53,692 | 22,931 | 10,378 | 3,745 | 2,177 | 1,202 |
| 2000 | 53,331 | 23,503 | 9,439 | 3,519 | 2,079 | 1,068 |
| 1999 | 53,580 | 23,367 | 8,381 | 3,789 | 2,008 | 992 |
| 1998 | 52,383 | 23,764 | 7,852 | 3,969 | 2,042 | 1,049 |
| 1997 | 54,811 | 25,904 | 8,081 | 3,986 | 1,866 | 945 |
| 1996 | 56,672 | 24,965 | 7,405 | 4,351 | 1,897 | 844 |
| 1995 | 54,896 | 23,788 | 6,262 | 4,190 | 1,712 | 689 |
| 1GCSE figures include A∗ grades | ||||||
Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern languages teachers qualified in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [99626]
Mr. Miliband
The following table gives the numbers qualifying as teachers in England1 with a modern language as their subject.
| Calendar year of qualification2 | ||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| 1,590 | 1,590 | 1,510 | 1,520 | 1,410 | 1,260 | 1,390 |
| 1 Includes those trained through the Open University but excludes those qualifying through employment based routes. | ||||||
| 2 The data for 1995 to 2000 are from the DfES Database of Teachers' Records (DTR). The 2001 figure is taken from the Teacher Training Agency's (TTA) Performance Profiles because 2001 DTR data are not available. The TTA figure is comparable to the DTR data. | ||||||