HC Deb 10 September 2003 vol 410 cc382-3W
Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 11 year-olds in(a) the Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset have achieved Key Stage 2 in each year since 1997 in (i) Mathematics and (ii) English. [127774]

Mr. Miliband

The percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in(a) the Taunton constituency and (b) Somerset Local Education Authority (LEA) from 1997 to 2003 is as follows:

English Mathematics
Taunton Constituency Somerset LEA England Taunton Constituency Somerset LEA England
2003* 74 74 75 72 72 73
2002 75 74 75 74 72 73
2001 75 74 75 71 69 71
2000 75 75 75 69 70 72

English Mathematics
Taunton Constituency Somerset LEA England Taunton Constituency Somerset LEA England
1999 71 73 71 69 70 69
1998 66 67 65 60 58 59
1997 67 67 63 63 63 62
*Provisional