HC Deb 23 July 1991 vol 195 c485W
18. Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils sat the AS exam in the summer of 1990; and how many are currently studying for the AS exam.

Mr. Eggar

There were some 45,000 entries for AS examinations in 1990, though figures for the number of individual candidates are not available. Information from the AS survey and the school census suggests that up to 50,000 pupils are currently on AS courses.