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Mr. Ancram
The information is not available in the format requested. However, the number of candidates taking A-levels in mathematics and science offered by the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment since 1985 is as follows:
| Subject |
1995 |
1996 |
| Science |
|
|
| Biology |
2,295 |
1,427 |
| Chemistry |
2,335 |
1,535 |
| Physics |
2,442 |
1,262 |
| Mathematics |
|
|
| Mathematics |
2,234 |
1— |
| Further mathematics |
191 |
62 |
| Pure maths and mechanics |
1— |
190 |
| Location |
DHSS |
DOE |
DED |
DANI |
DFP |
DENI |
NIO |
Total |
| Antrim |
58 |
37 |
14 |
126 |
0 |
0 |
136 |
371 |
| Armagh |
48 |
52 |
15 |
64 |
2 |
0 |
48 |
229 |
| Ballymena |
50 |
320 |
57 |
96 |
21 |
0 |
44 |
588 |
| Bangor |
52 |
23 |
13 |
0 |
25 |
421 |
68 |
602 |
| Belfast |
4,627 |
3,156 |
1,525 |
1,189 |
957 |
0 |
2,502 |
13,956 |
| Coleraine |
85 |
334 |
17 |
86 |
15 |
0 |
37 |
574 |
| Craigavon |
94 |
361 |
45 |
28 |
23 |
0 |
74 |
625 |
| Derry city |
388 |
224 |
87 |
110 |
97 |
99 |
578 |
1,583 |
| Downpatrick |
40 |
225 |
11 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
313 |
| Enniskillen |
70 |
97 |
35 |
113 |
12 |
0 |
34 |
361 |
| Lisburn |
65 |
52 |
174 |
42 |
28 |
0 |
2,316 |
2,677 |
92W
| Subject |
1995 |
1996 |
| Pure and applied maths |
1— |
295 |
| Modular maths |
1— |
632 |
| 1Syllabus not offered. |