§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will give the numbers of children in England and Wales who have taken A-levels in each year over the last 10 years, the number of subjects taken and the number of passes; and if he will give corresponding details for Hertfordshire;
(2) if he will give the numbers of children in Hertfordshire who have taken O-levels in each year over the last 10 years, the number of subjects and the number of passes;
(3) if he will give the numbers of children in Hertfordshire who have taken the certificate of secondary education each year over the last 10 years, the number of subjects taken and the number of passes;
(4) if he will give the numbers of children in England and Wales who have taken the certificate of secondary education each year over the last 10 years, the number of subjects taken and the number of passes;
(5) if he will list the number of children in England and Wales who, on reaching school leaving age, have not taken certificate of secondary education or O-level exams, over the last 10 years; and if he will list corresponding details for Hertfordshire;
(6) if he will list the numbers of children in England and Wales who have taken O-levels in each year over the last 10 years, the number of subjects taken and the number of passes.
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§ Mr. DunnThe information requested is shown in the following tables:
TABLE A Leavers from maintained schools GCE A-level attempts and achievements (Thousands) Academic year Number attempting A-level Number of subjects attempted Number of subjects passed England 1974–75 88.06 248.93 182.02 1975–76 91.87 262.75 194.75 1976–77 98.46 281.38 204.44 1977–78 99.54 289.06 213.62 1978–79 99.75 291.80 215.17 1979–80 102.12 302.06 221.35 1980–81 105.99 313.14 231.34 1981–82 114.99 340.32 248.09 1982–83 119.67 351.78 257.64 1983–84 116.14 343.47 252.63 1984–85 109.29 327.37 243.33 Hertfordshire 1974–75 2.85 7.66 5.79 1975–76 3.04 7.85 5.80 1976–77 3.43 9.04 6.33 1977–78 3.43 9.39 7.01 1978–79 3.33 9.07 6.68 1979–80 2.77 7.45 5.51 1980–81 3.27 8.80 6.44 1981–82 3.78 10.14 7.19 1982–83 3.69 10.10 7.62 1983–84 3.59 10.04 7.95 1984–85 3.36 8.94 6.56 533W
TABLE B Leavers from maintained schools GCE O-level attempts and achievements (Thousands) Academic year Number attempting O-level Number of subjects attempted Number of subjects passed grades A—C Number of subjects passed any grade England 1974–75 280.03 1,453.59 950.68 1,147.56 1975–76 301.29 1,543.27 986.08 1,247.27 1976–77 342.89 1,710.04 1,076.31 1,368.67 1977–78 358.06 1,788.05 1,121.47 1,442.47 1978–79 377.24 1,870.66 1,162.23 1,507.03 1979–80 391.85 1,934.49 1,209.32 1,565.57 1980–81 388.71 1,931.90 1,221.09 1,567.10 1981–82 412.56 2,060.76 1,312.16 1,674.74 1982–83 438.00 2,160.18 1,373.29 1,757.03 1983–84 445.15 2,171.06 1,369.54 1,757.57 1984–85 446.58 2,177.05 1,346.71 1,759.77 Hertfordshire 1974–75 8.10 42.99 29.17 34.59 1975–76 8.33 45.29 29.44 36.45 1976–77 9.82 53.12 34.28 42.87 1977–78 10.43 56.00 35.59 45.43 1978–79 9.76 55.09 35.37 45.33 1979–80 10.19 55.22 33.28 43.99 1980–81 10.25 57.12 35.34 45.97 1981–82 11.16 63.42 40.34 51.36 1982–83 11.66 65.04 41.36 53.55 1983–84 10.81 60.40 39.54 50.07 1984–85 11.11 60.00 37.84 48.77
TABLE C Leavers from maintained schools CSE attempts and achievements (Thousands) Academic year Number attempting CSE Number of subjects attempted Number of subjects passed grade 1 Number of subjects passed and grade England 1974–75 419.58 1,968.73 257.75 1,793.42 1975–76 449.27 2,139.15 290.11 1,959.69 1976–77 494.62 2,407.12 330.97 2,211.77 1977–78 514.32 2,552.59 343.34 2,349.93 1978–79 534.84 2,691.44 358.25 2,478.74 1979–80 552.61 2,793.02 359.04 2,576.86 1980–81 547.70 2,820.06 365.48 2,617.31 1981–82 566.42 2,951.85 389.97 2,746.56 1982–83 587.95 3,086.12 420.20 2,877.71 1983–84 582.54 3,036.68 426.85 2,830.38 1984–85 569.43 2,956.58 427.64 2,767.97 Hertfordshire 1974–75 10.18 46.23 6.00 40.92 1975–76 9.93 45.40 7.57 41.26 1976–77 12.14 57.79 9.98 52.49 1977–78 12.25 57.38 9.45 52.67 1978–79 11.71 53.69 9.13 48.53 1979–80 12.56 60.84 9.52 56.10 1980–81 12.74 60.57 9.81 55.08 1981–82 12.88 62.05 9.93 55.78 1982–83 13.74 66.84 10.84 61.29 1983–84 12.83 62.36 10.21 56.45 1984–85 13.10 64.38 10.43 59.14
TABLE D Leavers from maintained schools (Thousands) Academic year Number of leavers who did not attempt a GCE O level or CSE examination Total number of leavers England Hertfordshire England Hertfordshire 1974–75 112.37 1.42 608.84 13.52 1975–76 101.82 1.18 624.73 12.75 1976–77 96.51 0.96 665.13 14.79 1977–78 95.01 1.08 682.20 15.11 1978–79 86.40 1.02 693.84 14.22 1979–80 82.51 1.06 706.11 15.10 1980–81 75.96 1.05 689.89 15.13 1981–82 72.79 0.76 706.69 15.36 1982–83 66.90 1.00 721.81 16.36 1983–84 64.12 0.77 708.60 15.13 1984–85 63.10 1.15 690.99 15.49