HC Deb 25 November 1996 vol 286 cc90-1W
Ms Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils achieved(a) grade A (b) grade B and (c) grade C in GCSE mathematics in each of the past five years. [4643]

Mr. Ancram

Information is not available in the form requested. The number of pupils entered for the GCSE mathematics examinations of the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examination and Assessment and its predecessor bodies, and achieving each of the grades A*-C—A-C in 1992 and 1993—in each of the past five years, is:

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
A* — — 458 1514 226 1725 229
A 2,603 2,641 2,509 12,057 2213 22,207 2237
B 3,214 3,208 3,545 13,199 2319 13,278 2430
C 5,324 5,360 4,959 13,970 2453 13,986 2560
1Syllabus A.
1 Syllabus B.