HC Deb 15 June 1990 vol 174 c353W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children took the GCE O-level and CSE examinations in Lancashire in 1989; and what results were achieved.

Mrs. Rumbold

Information for 1989 is not yet available. Of the 17,500 maintained school leavers in Lancashire in 1988 who had attempted at least one GCSE, O-level or CSE examination, 5,610 achieved five or more results at grade A to C1 at GCSE (or equivalent), 5,020 achieved between one and four results at grade A to C and 6,760 achieved at least one result at another grade. 1 Including O-level grade A to C and CSE grade 1.