GCSEs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for a GCSE in both history and geography in each year since 1996. (108838)

The following table shows the number and percentage of 15-year-old pupils¹ attempting a GCSE at both geography and history in each year since 1996.

*15-year-old pupils*¹ *attempting GCSE geography and history*
	Number	Percentage
1996	67,834	12.2
1997	64,036	11.6
1998	51,226	9.4
1999	49,408	8.1
2000	47,179	7.8
2001	49,181	7.9
2002	47,461	7.6
2003	46,362	7.4
2004	49,195	7.6
2005	51,191	8.0
2006²	54,528	8.4
¹ Pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August. ² Data for 2006 are provisional. Data for ail other years are final.

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007