§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 14 June 2003,Official Report, column 100W, on GCSE/GNVQ point scores, what the uptake was of full-time intermediate GNVQ courses in each year since 1996; and what percentage of pupils achieved (a) 5 A + -C grades at GCSE level and (b) the equivalent GNVQ level in each such year. [133492]
§ Mr. MilibandInformation on the uptake of full-time intermediate GNVQ courses has been provided by the Labour Force Survey and covers males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59.
The number of people of working age1 working towards a GNVQ Intermediate England, 1996–2003 GNVQ intermediate Total people studying towards a qualification
1996 47,335 3,576,776 1997 55,514 4,546,870 1998 52,900 4,519,408 1999 42,722 4,689,621 2000 41,936 4,801,310
Pubils achieving both GCSEs and GNVQs who: Pupils achieving GCSEs only who: Academic year Total number achieving 5+A*-C GCSE/GNVQ Achieved 5+A*-C without the help of a GNVQ Percentage Achieved 5+A*-C with the help of a GNVQ Percentage Achieved 5+A*-C Percentage 1995/96 264,537 — — — — 264,537 100.0 1996/97 264,892 1,095 0.4 0 0.2 263,193 99.4 1997/98 266,431 2,230 0.8 1,073 0.4 263,128 98.8 1998/99 278,560 3,696 1.3 1,676 0.6 273,188 98.1 1999/00 285,718 4,550 1.6 2,289 0.8 278,880 97.6 2000/01 301,617 7,962 2.6 3,597 1.2 290,058 96.2 2001/02 312,739 19,098 6.1 8,367 2.7 285,274 91.2 2002/03 327,301 40,747 12.4 17,582 5.4 268,972 82.2