To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many mainstream maintained secondary schools entered one or more pupils for a GCSE in (a) biology, (b) chemistry and (c) physics in the latest year for which figures are available; (216498)

In 2007, 1,177 of the 3,200 maintained mainstream schools entered a pupil for GCSE Biology, 1,101 entered one for Chemistry and 1,092 entered one for Physics.

The Department does not hold information on schools that offer particular subjects at CSE—only on those that enter pupils. In 2007, 1,057 maintained mainstream schools entered at least one pupil for each of the three separate sciences at GCSE.