§ Ms. Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he has received an application for capital grant in respect of an extension to St. Veronica's voluntary-aided primary school, Haslingden, Rossendale.
School examination survey School leavers Number of leavers with A-level passes Thousands Subject 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 11990–91 English 33.6 35.3 36.4 35.4 34.0 31.5 32.9 34.1 36.8 41.8 43.6 History 23.1 24.5 24.6 23.8 22.9 20.8 22.6 22.3 24.2 26.3 25.9 Social Studies 4.1 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.1 6.5 7.9 9.1 10.3 Creative Arts 13.6 14.1 15.1 15.1 14.9 14.7 14.6 15.3 17.7 19.9 21.0 Mathematics 37.4 40.9 42.1 42.3 42.8 41.4 39.8 41.5 39.6 39.2 36.9 Physics 29.8 31.8 31.2 31.7 30.8 28.7 26.5 26.4 25.9 26.3 24.4 Chemistry 27.0 29.0 28.9 29.0 28.6 27.7 26.0 25.9 24.9 26.8 25.7 Biology 22.9 23.8 24.2 23.8 23.4 21.6 21.9 21.5 22.1 24.7 23.3 1 Provisional.