§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many candidates sat GCSE examinations in(a) Spanish and (b) Portuguese in each of the last six years for which figures are available; how many passed in each year; and what was the breakdown of passes by grade. [3458]
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§ Mrs. GillanThe numbers of candidates that sat GCSE in(a) Spanish and (b) Portuguese in each year since 1992 and their pass grades are as follows: comparable information is not available before 1992.
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 (a) Spanish Number of candidates 27,334 29,370 34,341 37,970 Number achieving pass grades Grade A* — — 1,985 2,234 Grade A 7,407 7,531 6,534 6,779 Grade B 4,141 4,685 5,464 6,020 Grade C 3,764 4,102 4,899 5,841 Grade D 3,433 3,869 4,503 5,667 Grade E 2,791 2,837 3,544 3,825 Grade F 3,012 2,918 3,527 3,683 Grade G 1,514 1,987 2,154 2,014 (b) Portuguese Number of candidates 305 250 349 318 Number achieving pass grades Grade A* — — 40 39 Grade A 161 138 148 125 Grade B 51 39 53 63 Grade C 45 36 43 45 Grade D 22 18 24 18 Grade E 11 2 12 10 Grade F 4 3 11 5 Grade G 2 — 1 —
§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many candidates sat GCE advanced level examinations in(a) Spanish and (b) Portuguese in each of the last six years for which figures are available; how many passed in each year; and what was the breakdown of passes by grade. [3512]
§ Mrs. GillanThe numbers of candidates who sat GCE advanced level examinations in(a) Spanish and (b) Portuguese in each year since 1992 are as follows: comparable information is not available before 1992.
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GCE A level pass achieved Number of candidates A B C D E (a) Spanish 1991–92 4,244 877 819 779 683 535
GCE A level pass achieved Number of candidates A B C D E 1992–93 4,363 911 858 786 713 501 1993–94 4,260 980 858 863 649 384 1994–95 4,222 910 866 810 640 461 (b) Portuguese 1991–92 139 34 35 34 11 15 1992–93 93 31 23 15 5 9 1993–94 131 40 46 21 12 3 1994–95 120 43 26 15 14 3
§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students graduated from degree courses at United Kingdom universities in which a principal subject was(a) study of the Spanish language and (b) study of the Portuguese language, in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what projections can be made of the expected numbers in each of the next three years. [3513]
§ Mr. ForthInformation on students graduating in Portuguese or Spanish separately is not available for all of the years requested. The available information for the years 1990 to 1995 is given in the following table. Projections of graduates in individual subjects are not produced by the Department.
First degree graduated in Spanish, Portuguese and other Latin American languages Year of graduation Numbers of graduates1 1990 214 1991 211 1992 279 1993 294 1994 328 1995 328 of which: Spanish 232 Portuguese 1 Other Latin American languages 95 1Prior to 1995, the figures cover former University Funding Council funded establishments in the UK and former Polytechnic and Colleges Funding Council funded and FE establishments in England and Wales. The figures for 1995 relate to all HE institutions in the UK.