The information for 2005 and 2006 is shown in the table:
2005 2006 Subject Number Percentage Number Percentage English 700 83 611 82 Mathematics 634 75 598 79 Science 749 89 696 92 Reading 740 87 648 87 Writing 550 65 495 67 Reading and Writing 543 64 485 65 Reading, Writing and Mathematics 488 58 450 60
Academic results for 2007 await formal validation. They will be published in the Service Children’s Education Annual Report and Accounts, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House in due course.
I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 February 2006, Official Report, columns 708-709W, by the then Under Secretary of State for Defence, my hon. Friend the Member for gave answers for the years from 1997 to 2004.