Written question asked by Lord Wills (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 May 2004. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 May 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) white, (f) Indian and (g) Chinese (i) males and (ii) females achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE in each year since 1994; how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) white (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (c) science in each year since 1994. - No figures, information placed in Library (Dep 04/1358).

Answer: Mr. Wills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) white, (f) Indian and (g) Chinese (i) males and (ii) females achieved five A*-C grades at GCSE in each year since 1994; [170121] (2) how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 2 or above at Key Stage 1 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; [170122] (3) how many (a) black Caribbean, (b) Pakistani, (c) black African, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) white (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 5 or above at Key Stage 3 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994; [170123] (4) how many (a) Pakistani, (b) black African, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) white, (e) Indian, (f) Chinese and (g) black Caribbean (i) males and (ii) females achieved level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in (A) English, (B) mathematics and (C) science in each year since 1994. [170124] Mr. Miliband: The information requested has been placed in the Libraries.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 420 c1424W; 170121;170122;170123;170124
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Assessments Women Ethnic groups English language Minority groups Men Science Mathematics
Contains statistics: Yes
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