To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools did not enter any pupils for a GCSE in (a) a modern foreign language, (b) history and (c) geography in 2006. (115506)

Revised 2006 figures show that 1,373 schools did not enter any pupils for a full GCSE in a modern foreign language, 1,479 schools did not enter any pupils for a full GCSE in history and 1,516 schools did not enter any pupils for a full GCSE in geography. These figures include all schools that are published in the secondary schools achievement and attainment tables and so include special schools and independent schools.