§ Sir Geoffrey de Freitasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science approximately how many people in Northamptonshire passed O-level French, A-level French, O-level German and A-level German, respectively, in each of the last 10 years.
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ENTRIES TO THE ENGLISH AND WELSH GCE EXAMINING BOARDS IN FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN AND SPANISH AT O AND A-LEVEL FOR THE YEAR 1963–77 (LATEST AVAILABLE) 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 GCE O-level— French … … … … … 172,297 169,435 163,651 158,137 152,838 German … … … … … 30,737 31,902 32,737 32,507 32,632 Italian … … … … … 2,254 2,860 2,895 3,089 3,293 Spanish … … … … … 8,711 9,171 9,776 10,048 10,253 GCE A-level— French … … … … … 19,131 21,772 25,599 26,287 26,488 German … … … … … 5,368 6,049 7,107 7,485 7,573 Italian … … … … … 483 505 585 580 686 Spanish … … … … … 1,659 1,839 2,213 2,254 2,403 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 GCE O-level— French … … … … … 149,533 147,785 145,930 142,991 144,864 German … … … … … 34,107 34,222 34,981 35,155 36,531 Italian … … … … … 3,428 3,787 3,475 3,456 3,817 Spanish … … … … … 10,607 10,872 10,943 10,970 11,729 GCE A-level— French … … … … … 27,151 26,675 25,925 25,743 24,925 German … … … … … 7,940 7,598 7,520 7,651 7,400 Italian … … … … … 746 937 934 922 943 Spanish … … … … … 2,546 2,480 2,572 2,609 2,539 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 GCE O-level— French … … … … … 143,838 148,292 152,137 152,459 154,495 German … … … … … 37,978 41,104 43,374 44,246 46,457 Italian … … … … … 3,943 3,576 4,456 3,615 2,699 Spanish … … … … … 12,037 11,956 12,147 12,370 12,075 GCE A-level— French … … … … … 24,299 24,520 24,421 24,111 25,176 German … … … … … 7,289 7,625 7,810 7,745 8,021 Italian … … … … … 866 848 833 978 733 Spanish … … … … … 2,451 2,526 2,581 2,546 2,625
§ Miss Margaret JacksonI regret that this information is not available, as the GCE examination board returns giving details of numbers passing each subject at O and A-level are not classified by examination centre.