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The following table shows the requested information for 15-year-old pupils since 1996.

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	Number	Percentage
5+ A*-C
1996	264,537	44.5
1997	264,892	45.1
1998	266,431	46.3
1999	278,560	47.9
2000	285,727	49.2
2001	301,638	50.0
2002	312,664	51.6
2003	329,272	52.9
2004	345,793	53.7
2005	358,598	56.3
2006	377,832	58.1
5+ A*-C inc. English and mathematics
1996	209,349	35.2
1997	209,157	35.6
1998	212,571	37.0
1999	224,483	38.6
2000	232,086	40.0
2001	245,421	40.7
2002	255,132	42.1
2003	260,436	41.9
2004	274,482	42.7
2005	282,174	44.3
2006	293,154	45.1
A*-C English, mathematics and science
1996	196,010	35.1
1997	195,476	35.4
1998	197,880	36.2
1999	207,809	34.0
2000	214,770	35.4
2001	227,508	36.6
2002	234,790	37.7
2003	240,244	39.0
2004	251,893	38.9
2005	258,247	40.6
2006	263,435	40.6
A*-C English, mathematics, science and a MFL
1996	151,578	27.2
1997	150,783	27.3
1998	158,072	28.9
1999	169,199	27.7
2000	172,797	28.5
2001	183,319	29.5
2002	183,600	29.4
2003	177,573	28.8
2004	182,875	28.2
2005	178,829	28.1
2006	167,056	25.8
5+ A*-C inc. English, mathematics and science
1996	195,181	35.0
1997	194,708	35.3
1998	197,179	36.1
1999	207,272	33.9
2000	214,181	35.3
2001	226,879	36.5
2002	234,205	37.6
2003	239,641	38.9
2004	251,139	38.7
2005	257,440	40.4
2006	262,718	40.4
5+ A*-C inc. English, mathematics, science and a MFL
1996	151,544	27.2
1997	150,755	27.3
1998	158,048	28.9
1999	169,180	27.7
2000	172,772	28.5
2001	183,298	29.5
2002	183,583	29.4
2003	177,553	28.8
2004	182,862	28.2
2005	178,809	28.1
2006	167,046	25.7

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of pupils achieved GCSEs at A* to C in two foreign languages in each year since 1996. [96519]

Jim Knight: The information requested is summarised in the following table.

	Number of 15-year-olds	Percentage achieving two or more GCSEs in modern foreign languages at grades A*-C
2006	649,905	5.0
2005	636,771	5.3
2004	643,560	5.3
2003	622,122	5.4
2002	606,554	5.8
2001	603,318	5.9
2000	580,393	5.9
1999	580,972	6.2
1998	575,210	6.5
1997	586,766	7.0
1996	594,035	7.3

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils in England obtained (a) five, (b) six, (c) seven and (d) eight A* to C GCSEs excluding equivalents in each year since 1997. [97106]

Jim Knight: The information requested is in the following tables.

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Table 1: Number( 1) of 15-year-old( 2) pupils attaining at lease five, at least six, at least seven, and at least eight A*-C grades at GCSE excluding equivalents( 3)
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006( 4)
5+A*-C	264,200	265,100	276,300	283,000	297,400	303,800	310,200	322,900	325,800	334,200
6+A*-C	237,900	238,700	250,100	256,400	269,500	275,400	280,500	291,700	294,600	301,200
7+A*-C	210,600	211,400	223,000	228,700	240,800	245,800	249,100	258,500	261,100	265,800
8+A*-C	180,000	180,900	191,900	197,300	207,700	211,100	211,600	219,500	221,100	223,900

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