§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students achieved A grades in modern languages at(a) GCSE and (b) 'A' level in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [99625]
§ Mr. MilibandThe number of students who achieved A grades in Modern Languages at GCSE and A level in each year since 1995 are:
GCSE1 A level French German Spanish French German Spanish 2002 52,751 22,121 10,542 — — — 2001 53,692 22,931 10,378 3,745 2,177 1,202 2000 53,331 23,503 9,439 3,519 2,079 1,068 1999 53,580 23,367 8,381 3,789 2,008 992 1998 52,383 23,764 7,852 3,969 2,042 1,049 1997 54,811 25,904 8,081 3,986 1,866 945 1996 56,672 24,965 7,405 4,351 1,897 844 1995 54,896 23,788 6,262 4,190 1,712 689 1GCSE figures include A∗ grades
§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern languages teachers qualified in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [99626]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table gives the numbers qualifying as teachers in England1 with a modern language as their subject.
Calendar year of qualification2 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1,590 1,590 1,510 1,520 1,410 1,260 1,390 1 Includes those trained through the Open University but excludes those qualifying through employment based routes. 2 The data for 1995 to 2000 are from the DfES Database of Teachers' Records (DTR). The 2001 figure is taken from the Teacher Training Agency's (TTA) Performance Profiles because 2001 DTR data are not available. The TTA figure is comparable to the DTR data.