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Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of students achieved five or more GCSE grade A*-C in comprehensive secondary schools of (a) fewer than 100 students, (b) 100 to 199 students, (c) 200 to 299 students, (d) 300 to 399 students, (e) 400 to 499 students, (f) 500 to 599 students, (g) 600 to 700 students and (h) over 700 students in (i) rural areas and (ii) areas not classified as rural in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [87751]

Jim Knight: The information requested can be found in the following table.

GCSE and equivalent achievement of pupils( 1) at the end of Key Stage 4 by the end of 2004/05( 2) in comprehensive schools( 3) in rural and non-rural areas, by size of school
	Number of pupils at end of Key Stage 4		Number of pupils at end of Key Stage 4 achieving 5+ A*-C at GCSE or equivalent		Percentage of pupils at end of Key Stage 4 achieving 5+ A*-C at GCSE or equivalent
Total number of pupils in school	(i) Rural schools	(ii) Non-rural schools	(i) Rural schools	(ii) Non-rural schools	(i) Rural schools	(ii) Non-rural schools
(a) <100	0	9	0	2	—	22.2
(b) 100-199	228	91	80	75	35.1	82.4
(c) 200-299	69	405	35	198	50.7	48.9
(d) 300-399	485	1,008	258	281	53.2	27.9
(6) 400-499	1,310	4,289	737	1,661	56.3	38.7
(f) 500-599	3,407	10,636	1,938	4,683	56.9	44.0
(g) 600-699	4,192	16,376	2,534	7,789	60.4	47.6
(h) >=700	59,085	421,294	36,281	229,369	61.4	54.4
All schools	68,776	454,108	41,863	244,058	60.9	53.7
(1) Number of pupils on roll at the end of Key Stage 4 in the 2004/ 05 academic year. (2) Includes achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. (3) Including City Technology Colleges and Academies.

Exclusions

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions there were broken down by reason for exclusion, in each London borough for the latest year for which figures are available; [86979]

(2) how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions were imposed for bullying in each local education authority in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [86980]

Jim Knight: The available information has been placed in the House Library.

Only two years of data relating to the reason for exclusion are currently available. The first year for which information on the reason for exclusion is
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available relates to the 2003/04 academic year. Exclusions data for 2004/05 academic year were published in June 2006.

GCSE/A-levels

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils achieved grade C or above in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c)
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physics, (d) chemistry and (e) history in each year since 1997, broken down by region. [86437]

Jim Knight: The following tables show the number of 15-year-old pupils⁽¹⁾ achieving a grade C or above at GCSE in each year since 1997, in mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, and history, broken down by region.

(a) Number of 15- year- old pupils( 1) achieving a grade C or above in mathematics GCSE
Thousand
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
North East	11.7	11.7	12.3	13.0	14.0	14.4	14.0	15.0	15.1
North West	28.9	35.6	37.8	38.9	41.1	42.8	42.1	45.2	46.2
Merseyside(2)	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yorkshire and Humberside	23.2	23.2	24.1	25.3	26.4	27.4	27.5	29.7	31.0
East Midlands	21.0	20.6	21.9	22.2	23.8	24.9	24.8	26.4	27.7
West Midlands	25.5	25.8	27.8	28.5	30.2	31.7	31.2	33.2	34.9
East	30.3	30.2	30.6	31.7	33.5	34.6	34.7	36.9	38.7
London	30.6	31.5	32.7	34.0	36.3	38.2	39.2	42.4	44.0
South East	45.9	44.5	46.4	47.7	50.8	52.2	53.4	56.1	58.4
South West	26.6	26.9	27.5	28.6	30.4	31.6	31.8	33.9	35.4

(b) Number of 15—year-old pupils( 1) achieving a grade C or above in English GCSE
Thousand
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
North East	14.2	13.9	14.9	15.4	15.9	16.1	16.7	17.2	17.0
North West	33.5	41.7	44.6	45.3	46.7	48.0	49.2	50.6	51.3
Merseyside(2)	8.1-	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-
Yorkshire and Humberside	27.1	26.7	28.7	29.5	30.5	31,9	32.9	34.0	34.7
East Midlands	24.7	24.3	25.4	26.0	27.3	28.3	29.2	30.0	30.4
West Midlands	31.0	31.3	33.2	33.7	35.2	36.2	37.2	37.7	39.1
East	34.2	34.2	35.3	36.1	37.6	38.6	39.9	41.2	42.7
London	35.9	37.1	39.0	39.7	41.4	42.9	45.0	47.6	49.0
South East	52.6	51.6	53.7	54.2	56.6	57.8	60.9	62.6	64.4
South West	30.9	30.9	32.0	32.6	34.0	35.5	36.6	38.3	39.0

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