Languages: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1742W, on GCSEs, how many and what proportion of pupils achieved GCSEs at A* to C in two foreign languages in each year since 1996. (241691)

The information requested is given in the following table:

	Number of 15-year-olds	Percentage achieving two or more GCSEs in modern foreign languages at grades A-C*
2008	653,892	4.7
2007	656,392	4.7
2006	649,905	5.0
2005	636,771	5.3
2004	643,560	5.3
2003	622,122	5.4
2002	606,554	5.8
2001	603,318	5.9
2000	580,393	5.9
1999	580,972	6.2
1998	575,210	6.5
1997	586,766	7.0
1996	594,035	7.3
Notes: 1. The data are based on 15-year-old pupils at the start of the academic year. 2. The 2008 data are provisional and subject to change 3. The data were taken from the Achievement and Attainment Tables’ data.

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009