asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pupils with key stage 2 results but no subsequent recorded attainment and no pupil-level annual school census record there were in the data underlying the 2006 key stage 4 performance tables; and, in the event that this number is significant, how the Government account for this presence. [HL4593]

In 2006, there were 13,631 (2.1 per cent) pupils at the end of key stage 4 who obtained no qualifications but had recorded key stage 2 results. Of these pupils, 1,210 did not have a pupil-level school census record.