HC Deb 22 October 2003 vol 411 c593W
Mr. Damian Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils in England achieved A-levels in(a) mathematics and (b) English achieved grades A or above in (i) the best performing local education authority and (ii) the worst performing local education authority in 2002–03. [133671]

Mr. Miliband

The information requested is given in the following tables:

Mathematics
Percentage of A level passes

in mathematics that were grade A

in 2003

 Local

education

authority

 Percentage
Highest percentage Reading 61.0
Lowest percentage Portsmouth 8.0

English
Percentage of A level passes in

English that were grade A in 2003

 Local

education

authority

 Percentage
Highest percentage Reading 34.0
Lowest percentage Hackney 3.2