To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 9 March (WA 55), how many students at maintained secondary schools were entered for A-Levels in 1999 in (a) history, (b) French, (c) German, and (d) Spanish. [HL2835]

Of those students at the end of key stage 5 in maintained secondary schools¹ in 1999:

18,818 entered history A-Level;

8,760 entered French A-Level;

4,638 entered German A-Level; and

1,852 entered Spanish A-Level.

¹ This excludes 16-18 FE institutions, eg sixth-form colleges.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 9 March (WA 55), how many students at maintained secondary schools were entered for A-Levels in 2009 in (a) history, (b) French, (c) German, and (d) Spanish. [HL2836]

The total number of entries for 16 to 18 year-olds' in maintained schools² in 2009 is shown in the table below:

¹ Age at the start of the 2008-09 academic year, ie 31 August 2008.

² Includes community and foundation special schools, hospital schools and pupil referral units but not sixth form colleges.

Source:

Statistical First Release: GCE/Applied GCE A/AS and Equivalent Examination Results in England, 2008-09 (Revised).