Secondary Education: GCE A-Levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of secondary schools with sixth forms submitted more than one pupil for A-Level in (a) mathematics, (b) physics, (c) chemistry, (d) biology, (e) French, (f) Spanish, (g) German and (h) Mandarin in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (178451)

The 2006-07 revised figures are provided as follows:

	Number of secondary schools with sixth forms who submitted more than one pupil for A level	Percentage of secondary schools with sixth forms who submitted more than one pupil for a level
Mathematics	2,353	92.9
Physics	2,060	81.3
Chemistry	2,202	86.9
Biology	2,270	89.6
French	1,561	61.6
Spanish	810	32.0
German	1,032	40.7
Mandarin	297	11.7

Volume 470: debated on Tuesday 22 January 2008