§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many(a) primary and (b) secondary local authority controlled schools in (i) London and (ii) Lewisham he has visited in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. PattenI have visited four local authority secondary schools in London in the last 12 months. None of these schools is in Lewisham.
Numbers of school leavers and students in further education attempting A levels (Thousands) Maths Physics Chemistry All science subjects1 Any subject 1980 64.11 46.67 39.48 196.37 206.02 1981 65.69 47.98 41.51 202.22 206.75 1982 71.P08 51.77 44.48 216.89 219.21 1983 72.49 50.10 43.95 218.54 216.15 1984 73.46 50.49 43.86 219.09 227.67 1985 73.64 48.21 43.56 215.13 223.86 1986 72.40 45.70 42.58 208.41 221.87 1987 70.16 42.56 39.79 201.53 225.11 1988 69.42 41.26 39.47 194.03 220.50 1989 65.27 40.14 37.41 183.09 221.90 1990 64.02 40.14 40.25 188.39 238.54 1991 60.07 36.86 37.80 176.37 240.39 1992 60.44 36.74 37.86 184.05 244.18 1993 59.37 36.76 38.12 184.93 283.64 Notes:
1The "all science subjects" category contains the total number of students attempting mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology or other science. Students taking more than one science subject will therefore be counted more than once.
Sources:
From 1980 to 1991, figures come from the DFE School Examinations Survey and the FE113 survey. They relate to school leavers and students in FE instutions, of any age.
From 1992, the figures come from the DFE database of information for the school performance tables. They relate to pupils of any age, and students in FE of any age.