HC Deb 15 July 1996 vol 281 cc424-5W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 27 June,Official Report, column 212, and the answer of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment of 19 June to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) on GCSE point scores, Official Report, column 479, what factors specific to his Department led to his conclusion that to provide a substantive answer would involve disproportionate cost. [36119]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

The Welsh Office holds summary examination data at school level, drawn from the Welsh examination database and specified to meet the requirements of the school and college performance booklets. To provide the information previously requested, a special analysis of the pupil level data held on WED would need to be commissioned.

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