§ Mr. Merchantasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) to what factors he attributes differences between the examinations attainment of Catholic and non-Catholic comprehensive schools;
(2) what information is available to his Department about the comparative achievements in terms of numbers of pupils achieving five or more O-levels of Catholic and non-Catholic comprehensive schools, respectively in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) England and Wales as a whole.
§ Mrs. RumboldInformation is not available centrally: the Department's examination statistics are not classified by the religious denomination of the school.