§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of pupils in secondary schools in Staffordshire are taking examinations in computer science in the current year; and how this compares with the same proportion nationally.
§ Sir Keith JosephInformation for the current year is not yet available. Reliable information for Staffordshire for earlier years is also not available centrally. The proportion of leavers from maintained schools in England in 1982–83 with A-level attempts who attempted A-level computer science was 2 per cent.