To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children who attained (a) level 4 in mathematics Key Stage 2 assessment in 1998 achieved level 5 or above in mathematics Key Stage 3 assessment in 2001; and what proportion who attained level 5 in mathematics Key Stage 2 assessment in 1998 achieved level 6 or above in mathematics Key Stage 3 assessment in 2001. [131291]

The information requested is as follows:Of those pupils who achieved level 4 or above in the 1998 Key Stage 2 Maths tests, the proportion who went on to achieve level 5 or above in the 2001 Key Stage 3 Maths tests was 92.6 per cent.Of those pupils who achieved level 5 or above in the 1998 Key Stage 2 Maths tests, the proportion who went on to achieve level 6 or above in the 2001 Key Stage 3 Maths tests was 96.5 per cent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of children who attained level 4 in English Key Stage 2 assessment in 1998 achieved level 5 or above in English Key Stage 3 assessment in 2001; and what proportion who attained level 5 in English Key Stage 2 assessment in 1998 achieved level 6 or above in English Key Stage 3 assessment in 2001. [131288]

The information requested is as follows:Of those pupils who achieved level 4 or above in the 1998 Key Stage 2 English tests, the proportion who went on to achieve level 5 or above in the 2001 Key Stage 3 English tests was 85.4 per cent.Of those pupils who achieved level 5 or above in the 1998 Key Stage 2 English tests, the proportion who went on to achieve level 6 or above in the 2001 Key Stage 3 English tests was 81.6 per cent.