§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each of the
1974 1975 1976 … (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) English language … 18,832 11,836 62.9 19,713 12,488 63.4 20,822 13,267 63.7 English literature … 14,219 8,763 61.6 14,617 9,042 61.9 14,517 9,001 62.0 Mathematics … 11,037 6,777 61.4 11,289 6,942 61.5 10,653 6,580 61.8 History … 9,157 4,989 54.5 9,323 5,153 55.3 9,390 5,205 55.4 Geography … 8,460 4,524 53.5 8,126 4,391 54.0 8,061 4,284 53.1 Biology … 7,743 4,669 60.3 7,841 4,748 60.6 6,365 3,789 59.5 Physics … 6,049 3,437 56.8 6,149 3,548 57.7 6,383 3,664 57.4 French … 5,806 3,482 60.0 5,831 3,494 59.9 5,772 3,431 59.4 Chemistry … 4,863 2,732 56.2 4,937 2,897 58.7 5,074 3,012 59.4 Art … 4,754 3,002 63.1 4,649 2,930 63.0 3,857 2,291 59.4 Scripture … 4,127 2,512 60.9 3,883 2,352 60.6 3,731 2,254 60.4 Human biology … 3,260 1,795 55.1 3,250 1,799 55.4 3,341 1,743 52.2 (1) Total entries (including entries from Further Education establishments and independent schools). (2) Total numbers obtaining grades A-C. (3) Percentage of total entries for each subject obtaining grades A-C.
§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each of the last three years the number of school leavers in Wales with one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten GCE O-level passes at grade C or CSE equivalent; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of total school leavers.
Number of O-level attainments of Grade C or better 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1 or 2 … … 5,810 (14.6 per cent.) 6,310 (15.7 per cent.) 6,690 (16.4 per cent.) 3 or 4 … … 3,420 (8.6 per cent.) 3,360 (8.4 per cent.) 3.890 (9.5 per cent.) 5 or more … … 9,410(23.7 percent.) 9.170 (22.9 per cent.) 9,420(23.1 percent.)