§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list for each local education authority with more than 10 per cent. of secondary pupils in grant-maintained schools the percentage of 15-year-old pupils achieving five or more general certificate of secondary education passes at grades A to C in(a) grant-maintained comprehensive and (b) local education authority comprehensives banded by the proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals being (i) less than 5 per cent., (ii) 5 to 9 per cent., (iii) 10 to 19 per cent., (iv) 20 to 29 per cent., (v) 30 to 39 per cent. and (vi) more than 40 per cent., stating in each case how many schools contribute to the figure given. [33742]
§ Mr. Robin SquireA national breakdown of GCSE performance by grant-maintained and LEA schools analysed by free school meal bands was given in my right hon. Friend's answer of 21 February to the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Mr. Thompson),Official Report, column 217. When the data requested are disaggregated to individual LEA level, many of the resulting figures are very small. This means that they do not provide a reliable 94W basis for drawing comparisons, and in a number of cases individual schools' levels of free school meals could be identified, contrary to established practice on the release of information.