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Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will identify the proportion of pupils achieving five A*-C GCSE grades in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local education authority. [108840]

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

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GCSE and equivalent results for 15-year-olds in England: 1997-2006
	Percentage achieving 5 or more A*-C grades
Local authority	1997	19981	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006( 1)
Hartlepool	29.1	34.6	38.8	35.7	40.4	42.0	46.0	48.6	51.8	57.1
Middlesbrough	28.5	27.5	31.0	34.6	35.0	35.8	38.8	40.8	45.2	48.4
Redcar and Cleveland	38.4	38.8	44.6	45.6	43.4	48.6	47.0	49.0	48.2	50.0
Stockton on Tees	39.1	40.0	41.3	43.7	44.8	46.1	47.1	45.8	54.8	54.8
Darlington	37.5	37.1	42.9	45.0	47.2	48.7	51.0	49.0	56.7	57.4
Durham	36.3	35.7	38.2	40.4	40.9	41.1	44.6	46.7	51.3	56.0
Northumberland	43.2	45.1	46.3	49.7	48.8	51.4	54.0	56.2	58.8	61.6
Gateshead	39.2	39.6	40.8	45.0	49.4	51.9	59.8	62.2	65.3	69.4
Newcastle upon Tyne	31.6	31.0	33.6	35.0	36.8	38.0	40.0	45.6	52.1	55.0
North Tyneside	42.7	44.5	43.4	45.2	46.6	48.0	48.2	52.5	54.2	61.7
South Tyneside	35.7	36.9	39.9	39.3	39.1	42.2	43.5	45.1	51.6	55.0
Sunderland	34.4	32.3	34.6	38.4	39.2	41.6	44.1	44.2	51.5	54.0
North West
Former Cheshire	48.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Halton	—	33.8	37.3	37.7	39.9	42.7	44.2	43.9	49.1	52.2
Warrington	—	48.4	49.7	50.5	50.3	51.9	56.4	58.6	61.2	65.9
Cheshire	—	53.0	54.5	57.0	55.8	58.2	58.9	60.0	60.0	61.5
Cumbria	43.5	43.9	47.6	50.6	50.8	52.7	53.0	55.3	56.8	57.5
Bolton	40.0	40.3	43.2	41.3	45.4	46.7	45.9	45.9	49.3	50.1
Bury	47.8	47.4	53.5	53.0	54.3	56.3	53.0	54.1	57.7	58.7
Manchester	26.3	28.7	30.2	30.2	31.0	33.3	39.6	39.5	43.7	46.7
Oldham	35.8	36.9	39.9	42.4	41.5	42.9	44.6	45.4	51.8	54.1
Rochdale	35.5	36.1	38.5	37.9	40.4	40.0	41.3	46.7	49.1	49.3
Salford	30.7	33.3	34.1	35.5	34.3	35.9	36.8	38.3	45.4	50.3
Stockport	50.2	50.2	50.1	51.7	54.2	52.4	53.3	53.0	54.4	58.3
Tameside	37.7	38.4	40.5	42.1	42.0	43.1	46.2	44.7	51.7	49.5
Trafford	51.6	54.3	53.7	56.4	57.8	60.1	62.3	64.0	70.1	69.9
Wigan	44.8	43.2	45.7	46.7	47.1	49.3	50.7	51.3	51.7	56.1
Former Lancashire	43.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Blackburn with Darwen	—	35.8	35.9	40.0	37.6	42.0	36.8	43.1	46.8	51.2
Blackpool	—	34.6	36.5	36.0	35.6	36.4	38.9	36.8	40.7	48.8
Lancashire	—	47.0	48.0	49.6	50.1	51.7	53.4	53.8	56.4	58.1
Knowsley	23.4	22.9	23.6	25.0	27.1	30.1	33.5	38.1	44.4	47.9
Liverpool	30.1	30.9	32.4	35.3	35.2	39.2	41.3	44.6	49.0	53.5
St. Helens	40.2	39.5	43.4	47.3	45.8	45.5	45.0	47.7	55.6	56.4
Sefton	45.0	44.4	48.7	48.4	50.0	52.6	52.9	55.4	57.0	61.0
Wirral	44.5	45.3	46.9	48.7	50.5	53.1	55.1	54.0	56.6	57.2
Yorkshire and Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire	44.3	47.0	48.7	49.9	50.1	49.7	51.0	55.6	61.0	61.5
Kingston-upon-Hull	21.4	22.8	23.4	24.4	27.5	28.9	32.1	34.7	44.1	50.7
North East Lincolnshire	30.7	33.3	35.5	35.8	36.5	37.8	35.2	39.2	42.4	47.7
North Lincolnshire	39.7	41.8	41.6	43.8	42.3	42.6	46.9	49.2	51.7	53.2
York	51.4	48.9	51.5	52.6	54.2	56.4	58.9	56.6	59.8	61.5
North Yorkshire	54.0	56.4	56.8	59.4	58.3	60.2	58.8	60.7	62.5	63.6
Barnsley	28.6	29.8	32.4	34.9	35.1	35.4	39.3	40.7	45.6	48.5
Doncaster	33.8	34.1	36.2	36.8	39.9	39.6	40.2	41.0	44.7	51.3
Rotherham	37.4	36.8	40.4	41.1	43.1	41.6	44.5	46.0	48.9	51.6
Sheffield	38.3	38.0	37.6	41.0	42.0	41.4	43.3	44.8	46.7	47.3
Bradford	28.9	29.6	32.1	33.7	34.3	37.3	39.6	39.8	46.5	49.2
Calderdale	38.2	39.4	41.9	43.6	48.8	50.5	52.1	52.8	54.6	57.5
Kirklees	39.5	39.8	41.3	43.8	44.2	47.5	47.2	47.4	50.9	52.6
Leeds	37.4	37.9	39.4	40.3	39.6	42.4	44.4	45.4	49.3	51.3
Wakefield	37.9	38.7	41.7	43.2	44.8	45.6	45.7	50.1	56.5	57.4
East Midlands
Derby	38.2	38.2	40.9	41.3	43.0	45.2	48.8	48.8	53.5	54.8
Derbyshire	43.5	45.8	49.1	50.0	51.5	53.0	53.4	53.6	55.2	56.9
Leicester City	32.8	34.8	37.1	33.8	37.0	40.5	42.8	42.9	45.2	46.2
Rutland	49.0	44.0	58.9	61.6	57.2	61.1	62.4	58.2	66.2	67.4
Leicestershire	44.7	45.8	48.3	48.5	49.6	52.5	54.8	54.7	56.8	58.2
Lincolnshire	46.7	48.4	50.3	52.7	54.2	54.4	57.1	57.4	58.6	61.7
Northamptonshire	42.2	44.5	46.7	47.8	48.7	50.6	51.3	51.1	51.9	54.1
Former Nottinghamshire	37.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nottingham City	—	26.2	28.7	28.7	30.3	31.4	35.1	37.8	41.8	43.6
Nottinghamshire	—	42.3	43.4	44.3	45.6	46.9	46.6	47.4	47.0	50.9
West Midlands
Former Hereford and Worcester	44.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Herefordshire	—	47.5	52.0	53.4	53.5	56.0	58.2	57.6	56.7	61.2
Worcestershire	—	45.7	47.9	48.2	49.6	52.1	52.0	54.9	55.7	57.4
Former Shropshire	49.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Telford and The Wrekin	—	45.4	45.3	48.1	47.3	49.7	50.4	49.5	53.6	54.3
Shropshire	—	53.3	55.4	56.4	53.8	58.4	59.9	59.5	62.9	62.1
Stoke on Trent	30.5	32.6	35.8	33.7	35.6	38.6	46.1	43.8	48.1	48.8
Staffordshire	45.0	45.0	48.1	48.1	48.2	50.1	51.5	51.0	54.4	56.3
Warwickshire	44.5	46.0	47.1	49.5	50.5	51.7	54.0	54.3	57.2	58.1
Birmingham	35.3	35.9	38.1	40.8	41.2	45.3	49.4	51.2	56.4	58.1
Coventry	36.9	37.1	39.1	40.8	42.6	43.2	45.8	45.5	46.3	47.2
Dudley	42.5	44.3	47.6	48.4	49.7	51.7	50.9	51.3	53.4	55.6
Sandwell	26.9	28.7	29.7	31.7	34.3	34.2	35.9	38.0	42.9	46.9
Solihull	51.2	52.2	52.3	55.1	55.9	58.2	59.9	60.2	64.1	66.6
Walsall	33.8	34.6	36.1	37.0	40.6	42.4	43.3	43.5	46.3	49.8
Wolverhampton	33.1	34.8	39.1	39.1	42.4	43.3	46.9	48.5	54.6	54.3
East of England
Luton	34.3	35.0	35.8	39.5	38.2	39.5	41.5	43.8	49.9	50.3
Bedfordshire	44.3	46.6	47.2	49.4	49.2	51.2	50.8	51.2	53.4	55.8
Former Cambridgeshire	45.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
City of Peterborough	—	41.3	41.1	41.7	43.8	42.8	46.6	48.5	53.5	56.8
Cambridgeshire	—	51.6	52.7	51.7	53.6	54.3	54.7	56.2	58.5	59.9
Former Essex	44.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Southend	—	48.4	54.1	53.1	55.9	56.0	56.6	57.2	61.3	62.3
Thurrock	—	34.5	35.9	39.5	41.8	46.8	49.4	45.3	48.8	55.6
Essex	—	48.6	49.3	50.8	52.0	53.5	55.0	55.4	56.4	58.6
Hertfordshire	50.7	54.0	54.9	55.4	56.3	56.7	58.1	58.5	61.4	64.1
Norfolk	44.6	46.0	47.7	48.2	49.7	50.4	50.3	50.5	52.4	54.6
Suffolk	47.4	49.4	53.8	53.3	54.3	56.5	57.0	57.3	58.1	58.9
Inner London
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Camden	47.8	45.8	47.1	50.5	50.3	48.4	49.9	54.2	51.5	53.7
Hackney	30.4	26.5	27.8	31.5	33.5	31.1	39.2	45.1	47.2	48.8
Hammersmith and Fulham	40.1	43.5	48.9	47.5	51.1	50.5	51.6	49.9	58.9	61.5
Haringey	26.7	26.6	30.3	29.8	30.9	35.6	39.0	43.7	48.4	50.3
Islington	24.9	23.3	27.4	25.7	28.7	32.9	38.6	46.0	44.1	45.5
Kensington and Chelsea	43.9	45.4	44.5	47.9	55.3	55.7	56.0	55.8	61.2	61.6
Lambeth	28.6	28.8	31.9	31.1	35.9	40.1	41.7	48.1	52.3	51.5
Lewisham	29.4	32.8	32.3	34.8	35.2	38.7	39.4	46.2	49.0	53.2
Newham	33.4	34.0	34.6	35.8	39.1	42.4	45.8	49.4	51.1	51.6
Southwark	27.2	29.1	29.5	31.1	33.6	35.8	40.0	41.6	47.2	47.5
Tower Hamlets	25.7	27.6	31.1	32.5	34.8	43.7	42.7	48.0	50.8	54.6
Wandsworth	35.0	34.7	35.6	40.9	43.2	48.6	49.8	49.1	54.2	56.7
Westminster	34.1	34.5	35.0	35.8	39.2	41.5	44.3	43.9	46.3	48.4
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	30.9	31.3	34.0	38.1	38.2	42.4	49.3	46.3	50.1	55.1
Barnet	52.0	56.3	56.9	56.7	55.8	59.2	59.8	61.2	63.2	63.4
Bexley	44.5	47.6	47.9	49.6	48.6	52.6	54.2	56.6	57.4	64.1
Brent	38.3	44.8	43.0	46.9	45.6	49.7	50.7	54.5	57.4	59.4
Bromley	52.7	55.4	56.5	59.4	55.5	59.9	58.9	61.7	63.9	67.0
Croydon	40.4	39.5	42.4	42.3	45.1	48.9	48.5	51.8	54.2	55.8
Ealing	37.9	44.6	45.6	45.3	47.1	49.9	54.3	53.0	59.4	60.2
Enfield	42.3	41.5	46.8	45.8	47.0	46.3	48.5	52.0	51.5	52.7
Greenwich	30.8	33.1	31.7	32.3	33.8	33.5	35.7	40.3	45.3	41.3
Harrow	53.4	52.8	55.1	56.5	57.5	59.1	57.8	60.5	61.3	62.7
Havering	48.1	50.1	54.2	55.8	55.7	57.3	60.8	62.6	61.1	62.7
Hillingdon	40.4	44.0	44.1	47.8	47.1	46.0	47.6	47.9	50.6	52.4
Hounslow	44.1	46.5	46.7	45.3	45.6	49,5	52.0	52.4	57.6	62.2
Kingston upon Thames	57.5	58.6	57.0	61.2	61.3	60.1	67.0	63.9	66.4	66.9
Merton	37.5	37.3	38.8	40.2	40.0	40.9	45.5	46.1	46.8	47.8
Redbridge	52.5	54.7	58.5	59.4	63.0	63.7	65.6	68.1	69.7	71.6
Richmond upon Thames	46.5	50.6	51.9	51.1	54.6	51.4	56.8	55.5	54.9	55.7
Sutton	54.7	57.9	60.1	63.3	60.2	64.8	64.9	66.4	67.7	70.3
Waltham Forest	35.5	37.2	36.6	39.2	42.8	44.3	45.5	47.1	49.0	50.5
South East
Former Berkshire	48.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bracknell Forest	—	45.4	45.4	46.6	49.1	45.5	49.2	52.4	54.0	59.2
Windsor and Maidenhead	—	57.2	57.9	59.2	58.8	56.4	59.8	59.6	59.2	63.0
West Berkshire	—	54.5	56.8	56.0	56.1	57.1	60.6	61.0	60.6	64.0
Reading	—	42.7	42.9	45.5	46.8	44.3	45.5	45.1	45.8	53.7
Slough	—	42.9	48.1	51.1	52.4	50.5	53.4	56.5	56.5	61.4
Wokingham	—	56.2	58.2	59.8	61.3	62.6	62.7	62.2	60.5	63.7
Milton Keynes	35.0	34.6	39.5	41.0	42.5	46.0	48.0	48.2	51.9	49.5
Buckinghamshire	59.7	59.5	61.0	61.6	63.4	64.4	65.5	65.9	67.3	68.4
Brighton and Hove	40.1	42.2	42.1	43.7	43.2	45.6	47.8	49.5	55.0	54.2
East Sussex	45.5	46.9	49.6	51.0	50.3	51.2	52.8	54.3	54.5	54.9
Portsmouth	31.6	30.7	32.2	34.0	34.3	36.5	44.5	41.8	46.0	47.3
Southampton	40.9	41.0	40.5	39.8	43.1	43.3	44.3	44.2	47.0	47.9
Hampshire	49.4	51.2	53.1	54.8	54.9	56.2	57.5	58.4	60.7	61.1
Isle of Wight	43.9	39.8	44.6	44.8	44.4	44.1	44.3	44.0	45.4	47.3
Former Kent	45.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Medway	—	43.8	45.4	43.7	47.8	49.1	52.7	50.1	51.9	55.6
Kent	—	49.2	50.9	51.2	52.5	53.9	55.6	55.9	59.7	61.0
Oxfordshire	47.2	46.5	47.9	50.2	49.7	51.5	51.4	51.2	53.6	55.9
Surrey	51.0	53.6	56.6	57.6	58.2	58.4	59.4	58.6	60.9	62.1
West Sussex	50.3	51.7	53.7	54.5	55.0	53.7	55.8	53.9	55.9	58.5
South West
Bath and NE Somerset	51.3	53.2	54.7	57.1	56.4	58.4	60.0	60.2	63.0	66.1
Bristol	32.1	29.0	31.0	31.1	31.8	31.0	35.3	35.1	36.1	43.5
North Somerset	50.9	52.0	51.7	53.4	50.8	53.3	54.8	55.0	57.2	58.0
South Gloucestershire	44.6	45.1	47.6	47.7	48.7	52.4	54.1	50.0	55.4	54.4
Cornwall	48.8	51.1	51.6	52.7	53.3	54.1	54.4	54.7	55.7	57.0
Isles of Scilly	61.1	66.7	61.3	76.9	70.8	63.0	87.5	92.9	79.2	84.6
Former Devon	44.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Torbay	—	48.0	47.4	50.2	51.7	54.3	51.8	53.1	53.5	51.5
City of Plymouth	—	43.6	47.8	47.5	50.3	51.4	53.0	51.8	54.9	58.3
Devon	—	47.0	48.4	49.1	51.3	50.4	52.6	54.9	55.6	57.5
Bournemouth	47.6	49.2	48.8	48.1	51.6	53.5	54.6	53.8	51.8	54.3
Poole	50.7	53.2	55.9	59.5	58.5	60.9	59.0	62.2	63.9	62.7
Dorset	49.8	50.0	53.5	54.6	56.4	59.0	59.8	59.0	60.5	61.6
Gloucestershire	51.6	54.7	56.1	56.9	58.3	60.9	61.2	60.9	62.3	63.0
Somerset	48.9	51.2	52.7	55.3	54.7	54.8	54.9	56.4	56.5	56.0
Swindon	43.0	43.6	45.2	44.1	44.5	46.9	49.1	46.4	50.1	52.8
Wiltshire	50.5	51.9	52.3	55.5	55.5	57.0	57.6	56.6	57.7	57.7
England (maintained)	42.5	43.8	45.7	47.0	47.9	49.5	51.1	52.0	54.8	58.1
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