To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England achieving A-levels in (a) mathematics and (b) English achieved grade A in (i) the best performing local education authority and (ii) the worst performing local education authority in the last year for which figures are available. [110191]
The information requested is given in the following table.
| Percentage of A level passes that were grade A in 2002 | ||
| LEA | Percentage | |
| Maths | ||
| Highest | Reading | 58.5 |
| Lowest | Lambeth | 5.6 |
| English | ||
| Highest | Reading | 30.2 |
| Lowest | Hackney | 0.8 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of GCSE students in the London Borough of Havering achieved five or more C grades, or higher, last year; and what the proportion was in other London boroughs. [110581]
The percentage of 15-year-olds achieving five or more GCSE grades C and above or the GNVQ equivalent in the London Borough of Havering in 2001/02 was 57.3. The figures for the other London boroughs are as follows.
| London Borough | Percentage of 15 year olds with 5 A*-C or better |
| Barking and Dagenham | 42.3 |
| Barnet | 59.1 |
| Bexley | 52.6 |
| Brent | 49.6 |
| Bromley | 59.9 |
| Camden | 48.4 |
| Croydon | 48.9 |
| Ealing | 49.8 |
| Enfield | 46.2 |
| Greenwich | 33.3 |
| Hackney | 31.1 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 50.3 |
| Haringey | 35.4 |
| Harrow | 59.1 |
| Hillingdon | 46.0 |
| Hounslow | 49.5 |
| Islington | 32.9 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 55.7 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 60.0 |
| Lambeth | 40.1 |
| Lewisham | 38.7 |
| Merton | 40.9 |
| Newham | 42.4 |
| Redbridge | 63.7 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 51.4 |
| Southwark | 35.7 |
| Sutton | 64.8 |
| Tower Hamlets | 43.6 |
| Waltham Forest | 44.3 |
| Wandsworth | 48.6 |
| Westminster, city of | 41.5 |