§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils in each local education authority sat GCSE examinations in 1997; and of those how many sat(a) nine or more, (b) five to eight and (c) fewer than five GCSE examinations. [38294]
§ Dr. HowellsThe information requested in respect of GCSEs is shown in the table.
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Number of 15 year old pupils attempting GCSE or the GNVQ equivalent in maintained schools in England in 1997 Number of 15 year olds attempting: Local education authority Total attempting 9 or more (a) 5 to 8 (b) Less than 5 (c) Camden 1,580 1,001 489 90 Greenwich 2,176 1,392 632 152 Hackney 1,268 803 322 143 Hammersmith & Fulham 982 480 411 91 Islington 1,283 607 565 111 Kensington & Chelsea 549 388 108 53 Lambeth 1,207 617 461 129 Lewisham 1,923 891 853 179 Southwark 1,703 863 693 147 Tower Hamlets 2,223 1,266 758 199 Wandsworth 1,590 966 490 134 Westminster 1,205 500 596 109 Barking & Dagenham 1,599 1,126 390 83 Barnet 3,071 2,412 570 89 Bexley 2,417 1,809 557 51 Brent 2,091 1,541 456 94 Bromley 2,900 2,365 477 58 Croydon 3,107 2,054 857 196 Ealing 2,370 1,812 464 94 Enfield 3,036 1,677 1,211 148 Haringey 1,591 768 609 214 Harrow 2,016 1,626 332 58 Havering 2,702 2,181 458 63 Hillingdon 2,352 1,563 652 137 Hounslow 2,477 1,766 509 202 Kingston upon Thames 1,237 935 255 47 Merton 1,428 890 469 69 Newham 2,628 1,791 699 138 Redbridge 2,560 2,070 379 111 Richmond upon Thames 1,478 1,178 250 50 Sutton 1,921 1,501 379 41 Waltham Forest 2,164 1,435 595 134 Birmingham 10,726 6,512 3,585 629 Coventry 3,174 2,225 745 204 Dudley 3,448 2,292 1,008 148 Sandwell 3,223 2,011 1,010 202 Solihull 2,608 1,810 717 81 Walsall 3,163 1,954 880 329 Wolverhampton 2,516 1,640 757 119 Knowsley 1,610 750 705 155 Liverpool 4,910 2,391 2,046 473 St. Helens 2,055 1,233 750 72 Sefton 3,320 2,373 855 92 Wirral 3,650 2,488 1,002 160 Bolton 3,015 2,058 855 102 Bury 2,076 1,637 403 36 Manchester 3,563 1,801 1,402 360 Oldham 2,879 1,927 793 159 Rochdale 2,203 1,453 637 113 Salford 2,164 1,112 916 136 Stockport 2,844 1,710 1,067 67 Tameside 2,536 1,602 826 108 Trafford 2,427 1,665 680 82 Wigan 3,782 2,802 829 151 Barnsley 2,334 1,337 871 126 Doncaster 3,235 2,131 914 190 Rotherham 3,254 2,229 878 147 Sheffield 4,595 3,199 1,181 215 Bradford 5,597 3,161 2,047 389 Calderdale 2,219 1,474 597 148 Kirklees 4,225 2,953 1,105 167 Leeds 7,041 4,724 1,990 327 Wakefield 3,490 2,257 1,032 201 Gateshead 1,998 1,368 540 90 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,384 1,377 822 185 North Tyneside 2,026 1,698 284 44 South Tyneside 1,763 1,201 494 68 Sunderland 3,530 2,459 901 170 Isles of Scilly 18 15 3 0 Bath and North East Somerset 1,954 1,495 390 69 City of Bristol 2,924 1,928 786 210 North Somerset 1,902 1,296 554 52 South Gloucestershire 2,512 1,942 499 71 Hartlepool 1,012 693 253 66 Middlesbrough 1,683 924 612 147 Redcar and Cleveland 1,860 1,269 486 105
Number of 15 year old pupils attempting GCSE or the GNVQ equivalent in maintained schools in England in 1997 Number of 15 year olds attempting: Local education authority Total attempting 9 or more (a) 5 to 8 (b) Less than 5 (c) stockton on Tees 2,284 1,522 655 107 City of Kingston-upon-Hull 2,525 1,617 724 184 East Riding of Yorkshire 3,526 2,789 636 101 North East Lincolnshire 1,953 1,438 420 95 North Lincolnshire 1,989 1,567 333 89 North Yorkshire 6,294 4,999 1,123 172 York 1,675 1,265 354 56 Bedfordshire 4,168 3,427 635 106 Luton 2,199 1,597 516 86 Buckinghamshire 5,149 3,969 1,029 151 Milton Keynes 2,350 1,962 292 96 Derbyshire 7,728 5,750 1,694 284 City of Derby 2,588 1,658 826 104 Dorset 3,975 3,193 690 92 Poole 1,485 1,080 320 85 Bournemouth 1,526 1,136 327 63 Durham 5,705 3,908 1,468 329 Darlington 1,024 775 221 28 East Sussex 4,444 3,542 750 152 Brighton and Hove 1,887 1,374 418 95 Hampshire 12,432 10,013 2,085 334 Portsmouth 1,585 1,179 313 93 Southampton 2,185 1,600 449 136 Leicestershire 6,500 4,411 1,839 250 Leicester City 3,262 1,530 1,483 249 Rutland 437 365 66 6 Staffordshire 9,097 6,086 2,724 287 Stoke-on-Trent 2,521 1,467 914 140 Wiltshire 4,213 2,953 1,113 147 Swindon 1,799 1,202 519 78 Berkshire 8,143 6,020 1,866 257 Cambridgeshire 7,255 5,543 1,441 271 Cheshire 11,205 8,634 2,211 360 Cornwall 5,236 3,752 1,297 187 Cumbria 5,348 3,871 1,253 224 Devon 10,692 7,305 2,920 467 Essex 17,107 12,765 3,707 635 Gloucestershire 5,708 4,198 1,299 211 Hereford & Worcester 7,313 5,047 1,961 305 Hertfordshire 11,040 8,764 1,990 286 Isle of Wight 1,291 933 319 39 Kent 17,310 11,226 5,363 721 Lancashire 15,405 10,455 4,333 617 Lincolnshire 6,769 4,201 2,288 280 Norfolk 8,024 5,387 2,280 357 Northamptonshire 6,936 5,104 1,588 244 Northumberland 3,644 2,811 720 113 Nottinghamshire 11,045 7,760 2,825 550 Oxfordshire 5,803 4,412 1,160 231 Shropshire 4,822 3,724 941 157 Somerset 4,845 3,694 1,025 126 Suffolk 6,853 5,475 1,184 194 Surrey 8,932 7,228 1,490 214 Warwickshire 5,092 3,532 1,395 165 West Sussex 7,535 6,062 1,324 149 Total 508,140 356,037 129,769 22,334