Education: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 12 to 15 year olds in Lancashire failed to reach the required standard in English and mathematics in each of the last 10 years. (125251)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Percentage of 14 year olds*¹ *in Lancashire LA who do not achieve Level 5, 1997-2006 (revised)*
	English	Mathematics
1997	40	39
1998	32	37
1999	34	35
2000	34	32
2001	31	30
2002	29	30
2003	28	27
2004	28	25
2005	25	24
2006²	27	21
¹Figures for other ages are not available ²Revised Note: Pupils who do not achieve Level 5 includes pupils who were absent and pupils disapplied/unable to access the test.

Volume 458: debated on Wednesday 28 March 2007