§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of school children travelled by(a) foot, (b) bus, (c) car, (d) bicycle, (e) train and (f) other form of transport to rural (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001. [46458]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 15 April 2002]: Information is only available in respect of people living in rural areas, not for rural schools, and data are not sufficiently reliable for individual years.
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GCSE entries and achievements of all candidates in all schools and further education sector colleges, 1996–97 to 2000–01 Academic year Number of entries Grade A* Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade E Grade F Grade G Total A*-C Total A*-G 1996–97 Mathematics 660,910 13,121 46,520 90,104 152,279 106,312 97,925 76,689 77,960 302,024 622,567 Physics 38,527 5,429 8,700 11,063 7,627 2,866 1,491 579 772 32,819 37,811 Chemistry 39,406 5,597 8,441 11,386 8,397 2,835 1,344 539 867 33,821 38,617 Biology 52,043 4,592 10,564 13,296 10,016 5,817 3,609 1,193 2,956 38,468 49,338 History 212,215 9,266 27,047 42,351 41,631 30,852 24,206 17,456 19,406 120,295 203,545 English literature 468,037 12,721 50,611 100,800 121,708 83,831 49,928 27,929 20,509 285,840 455,987 French 313,013 12,193 44,354 44,317 52,757 57,300 41,737 33,666 26,689 153,621 302,679 Geography 265,895 10,560 32,290 48,136 51,560 44,060 35,023 24,067 20,199 142,546 257,229 Economics 8,530 244 1,027 1,719 2,179 1,546 627 454 734 5,169 8,021 From the National Travel Survey, the distribution of mode of travel to school for people living in rural areas of Great Britain over the period 1992–2000 was as follows:
Percentage travelling by: Primary Secondary (a) Foot 41 19 (b) Bus 15 51 (c) Car 40 22 (d)-(e)-(f) Bicycle, train, other 4 8 Note:
Percentages are calculated across all children coded as being in education in the National Travel Survey. Primary pupils defined as children aged 5–10 in the National Travel Survey Secondary pupils defined as children aged 11–16 in the National Travel Survey.
Source:
DTLR
The sample size is too small to give accurate figures for bicycle and train which together account for less than half of the last category shown. Rural areas are those with a population of less than 3,000 as defined by the 1991 Census.