(2) pursuant to the answer of 7 October 2008, Official Report, column 591W, on languages: general certificate of secondary education, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing the requested information.
It was estimated that the cost of answering the closely related questions would be over £4,000.
The Department publishes the following GCSE attainment indicators by deprivation of residence in the National Pupil Database (NPD) Statistical First Release.
Proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving five or more A*-C grades;
Proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving five or more A*-C grades including English and Maths; and
Proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving any passes.
2008 information will be published in December.