HC Deb 11 September 2003 vol 410 c449W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what boundaries were set by each awarding body for GCSE grades A*-U in (a) English Language and (b) English Literature from 1988 to 2002; and if he will make a statement. [128553]

Mr. Miliband

The hon. Member will be aware from my answer to his earlier question on the grade boundaries for mathematics (123952) that information on grade boundaries is not routinely collected.

This is matter for QCA. Although QCA has access to detailed information on the grade boundaries set in all subjects at GCSE for each awarding body, further work will be required on this data to present it in the form requested. It will be lodged in the House of Commons Library in due course and will show the grade boundary marks for grades A*-G, 'U' does not constitute a grade it signifies an unclassified result.

Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 10 May 2003,Official Report, column 784W, on GCSE point scores, what the average capped GCSE point score was in (a) French, (b) Spanish and (c) German in 2003 for pupils in (i) specialist languages colleges and (ii) non-selective maintained schools; and if he will make a statement. [128560]

Mr. Miliband

The 2003 GCSE data required to answer this question is not yet available. Once the data are available, towards the middle of October, the answer will be placed in the House of Commons Library.