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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

(c) Number of 15-year-old pupils( 1) achieving a grade C or above in physics GCSE
Thousand
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
North East	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0
North West	3.7	5.4	5.2	5.0	5.1	4.9	4.9	5.1	5.2
Merseyside(2)	1.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yorkshire and Humberside	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.6	3.0	3.2
East Midlands	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.8
West Midlands	3.0	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.9	4.1	4.3
East	2.6	2.7	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.4	3.5	4.0	4.1
London	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.8	5.3	5.7
South East	6.6	6.9	7.5	7.6	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.9	9.5
South West	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.8

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(d) Number of 15-year-old pupils( 1) achieving a grade C or above in chemistry GCSE
Thousand
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
North East	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	2.0
North West	3.9	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
Merseyside(2)	1.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yorkshire and Humberside	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.7	3.0	3.1
East Midlands	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.8
West Midlands	3.0	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.4
East	2.6	2.7	2.8	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.6	4.0	4.2
London	3.9	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.9	5.4	5.7
South East	6.7	7.0	7.6	7.6	8.1	8.0	8.3	8.8	9.6
South West	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.9

(e) Number of 15 year old pupils( 1) achieving a grade C or above in history GCSE
Thousand
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
North East	5.8	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.6	5.4
North West	13.3	15.5	15.8	16.1	16.5	16.7	16.2	17.1	17.7
Merseyside(2)	3.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Yorkshire and Humberside	11.2	9.9	10.6	10.9	11.1	11.0	11.5	11.9	12.0
East Midlands	9.3	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.9	10.2	10.7	10.9
West Midlands	12.6	11.4	12.4	12.3	12.6	12.9	13.4	14.0	14.0
East	14.2	13.6	13.9	14.3	14.4	14.6	14.9	16.3	17.0
London	14.9	14.4	14.4	14.9	15.6	15.6	16.3	18.0	18.6
South East	21.5	19.9	20.5	21.3	21.9	21.9	23.0	24.6	24.9
South West	11.7	11.7	11.6	12.3	12.4	12.8	12.9	13.8	14.3
(1 )Pupils aged 15 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August. (2 )Merseyside was absorbed into North West post-1997.

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students failed to turn up for at least one examination in each of the past five years at (a) GCSE and (b) A level. [86861]

Jim Knight: The information requested on students who fail to turn up for examinations is not held centrally by the Department.

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of 15-year-olds achieved (a) five or more, (b) seven or more and (c) nine or more A*-C grades at GCSE and equivalent in each year since 1996. [87895]

Jim Knight: The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number and percentage of 15-year-old pupils( 1) achieving the following GCSEs or equivalents 5 or more A*-C grades
	5 or more A*-C grades		7 or more A*-C grades		9 or more A*-C grades
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1996	264,537	44.5	175,509	34.1	108,277	21.0
1997	264,892	45.1	177,338	34.8	110,904	21.7
1998	266,431	46.3	178,848	35.3	111,389	22.0
1999	278,560	47.9	190,776	33.5	122,098	21.4
2000	285,727	49.2	196,402	34.7	126,502	22.4
2001	301,617	50.0	245,460	39.5	170,293	27.4
2002	312,739	51.6	255,352	40.7	179,470	28.6
2003	329,382	52.9	269,471	42.9	190,494	30.3
2004	345,604	53.7	283,863	43.8	205,144	31.6
2005	358,598	56.3	296,889	46.6	219,355	34.5
(1) Aged 15 at the start of the academic year ie 31 August.

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