To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals were not entered for a modern foreign language GCSE in each year since 2005. (277958)

The information available is given in the following table:

The data are based on pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.

The data for 2005 are not provided as they are not available on a comparable basis.

This table included expenditure on education by other Government departments, non-department public bodies and local authorities. Detailed figures are not readily available for future years for these other organisations.

Note:

The Real Total Education Expenditure figure for 2006-07 should read 61,569 and not 51,569. All other figures on the table are correct. A correction slip is being issued and the web version amended.