GCSE: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in Shropshire were entered for a modern language at GCSE in each year from 2001 to 2006. (127721)

The number of 15-year-olds entered for a modern language GCSE in Shropshire for each year from 2001 to 2006 is given in the following table.

	Number of pupils entered for a modern foreign language in Shropshire
2001	2549
2002	2428
2003	2553
2004	2423
2005	2170
2006¹	¹1821
¹2006 data are based on amended Key Stage 4 data.

Volume 461: debated on Thursday 21 June 2007