To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which (a) AS/Level and (b) A1 Level subject saw the (i) smallest and (ii) largest intake of students in each of the last five years. (107035)

Figures supplied by the Joint Council for Qualifications show that, in each of the last five years (2002 to 2006), the greatest number of GCE A and AS level entries in the United Kingdom have been in English and the fewest number of entries have been in Irish.