HC Deb 10 February 1997 vol 290 c56W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many candidates took(a) A-level French, (b) A-level German, (c) A-level Spanish, (d) A-level Portuguese, (e) GCSE French, (f) GCSE German, (g) GCSE Spanish and (h) GCSE Portuguese in (i) 1995 and (ii) 1996. [14853]

Mrs. Gillan

[holding answer 7 February 1997]: The numbers of candidates in England in 1995 who took A-level and GCSE in the specified languages are as follows. The information for 1996 is not yet available.

Number of candidates
(a) A-level French 24,648
(b) A-level German 9,915
(c) A-Level Spanish 4,262
(d) A-level Portuguese 121
(e) GCSE French 326,824
(f) GCSE German 125,417
(g) GCSE Spanish 38,503
(h) GCSE Portuguese 337