To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 489-90W, on General Certificate of Secondary Education, how many and what proportion of (a) all pupils and (b) pupils eligible to receive free school meals did not attain any GCSE grades higher than D in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority area. (243542)

The information available will be placed in the House Libraries.

Figures for 2002 have not been provided as these are not available on a comparable basis.