HC Deb 05 November 1996 vol 284 cc476-7W
Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of pupils in Northern Ireland achieved passes in GCSE mathematics in each of the last five years. [1178]

Mr. Ancram

Information is not available in the form requested. The percentage of pupils entered for the GCSE mathematics examinations of the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and its predecessor bodies, and achieving grades A* to G (A to G in 1992 and 1993), in each of the last five years, are:

  • 1992: 93.8
  • 1993: 92.7
  • 1994: 94.5
  • 1995: 98.21; 96.4
  • 1996: 98.12; 95.12
  • 1Syllabus A
  • 2Syllabus B