HC Deb 04 December 2003 vol 415 c187W
Mr. Woodward

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of young people in(a) St. Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West achieved (i) five or more A*-C GCSE grades and (ii) one or more GCSE passes in (A) 1992, (B) 1997, (C) 2001 and (D) the last year for which figures are available. [141267]

Mr. Miliband

The statistical information requested is detailed in the following tables:

Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving 5 or more grades

A*–C
Academic year St. Helens Merseyside North West
1992 30.5 28.7 33.5
1997 40.2 37.1 41.5
2001 45.8 42.2 46.1
2003 44.8 46.1 48.9
Percentage of 15-year-old pupils1 achieving at least one GCSE/

GMVQ
Academic year St. Helens Merseyside North West
1992 89.7 87.7 89.9
1997 91.5 89.5 92.1
2001 93.7 93.0 94.5
2003
(Provisional)2 92.5 92.6 94.4
1Pupils are aged 15 at the start of the academic year i.e. 31 August.
2The provisional figures for 2003 exclude any adjustments for refugees, which may affect the LEA averages.