To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of curriculum time was devoted to (a) sport, (b) art, (c) music and (d) languages in secondary schools in each year since 1997. (153952)

The Department does not hold this information. It is for schools to decide how much curriculum time to devote to each subject in order to fulfil the requirements of the national curriculum.

Information on the amount of time secondary schools in England devoted to physical education in 2006-07 will be available next month.