§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils gained O- level or A-level passes in foreign languages other than German, French and Russian in each year since 1970; and how these were divided between different languages.
§ Mr. DunnThe numbers of passes gained by all candidates at GCE summer examinations in the foreign languages requested are given in the tables below:
GCE summer examinations O-level passes Greek Italian Spanish Other modern languages 1970 1,341 2,408 6,411 2,661 1971 1,520 2,291 6,533 2,767 1972 1,466 2,441 7,212 2,954 1973 1,589 2,319 7,343 2,964 1974 1,400 2,216 7,295 2,770 1975 3,131 2,729 7,516 3,536 1976 1,989 2,319 7,585 4,237 1977 1,349 1,916 7,437 5,264 1978 1,349 1,963 7,864 4,171 1979 1,370 1,997 7,982 5,185 1980 1,313 2,043 8,338 5,091 1981 1,291 2,009 8,462 4,273 1982 1,311 1,919 8,197 4,368