§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils gained O-level or A-level passes in foreign languages other than German, French and Russian in each year since 1970; and how these were divided between different languages.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 1 March 1984, c. 269]: The number of passes gained by all candidates at GCE summer examinations in the foreign languages requested are given in the tables following:
GCE Summer Examinations*† O-level passes‡ Greek║ Italian Spanish Other modern languages 1970 1,341 2,408 6,411 2,661 1971 1,520 2,291 6,533 2,767 1972 1,466 2,441 7,212 2,954 1973 1,589 2,319 7,343 2,964 1974 1,400 2,216 7,295 2,770 1975 3,131 2,729 7,516 3,536 1976 1,989 2,319 7,585 4,237 1977 1,349 1,916 7,437 5,264 1978 1,349 1,963 7,864 4,171 1979 1,370 1,997 7,982 5,185 1980 1,313 2,043 8,338 5,091 1981 1,291 2,009 8,462 4,273 1982 1,311 1,919 8,197 4,368
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A-level passes Greek║ Italian Spanish Other modern languages 1970 796 720 1,997 612 1971 704 707 2,019 613 1972 712 712 1,936 616 1973 624 693 1,901 694 1974 564 640 1,881 968 1975 547 619 2,014 922 1976 535 715 1,936 1,020 1977 519 568 1,940 979 1978 495 604 1,967 919 1979 539 594 2,037 752 1980 487 621 2,048 895 1981 483 510 2,176 822 1982 527 593 2,262 900 Source: Examination boards survey.
* Includes passes gained by candidates at maintained and independent schools, establishments of further education, and candidates entering under private arrangements and from overseas.
† Data from English and Welsh boards for 1970 to 1977, English boards only from 1978.
‡ O-level pass for 1970 to 1974, grades A-C for 1975 and subsequent years.
║ Includes ancient/classical Greek.
Figures for 1983 are not yet available.