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641161

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date	21/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many projects in operation in his Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has responsibility for overseeing preparations for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. In doing this it is working very closely with other government departments, including the Attorney General’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government’s principal legal adviser, the Attorney General advises the Government on a range of legal issues, including on EU matters. The Attorney General’s Office is also working to support the delivery of a successful withdrawal from the European Union, in particular to ensure a smooth transition for superintended departments.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/11/2016 16:03:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

641163

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many projects in operation in his Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Government is united in its ambition to deliver a successful withdrawal from the EU and a new relationship with Europe. Cabinet Office will work together with the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU) and other departments to deliver this. The Prime Minister has instructed all departments to identify potential opportunities that will arise in their areas from EU exit. Cabinet Office is working closely with DExEU to ensure that the full range of opportunities is identified, and risks mitigated across areas of Cabinet Office responsibility.</p><p>The Cabinet Office exists to support the Prime Minister and ensure the effective running of government. We are also the corporate headquarters for government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and we take the lead in certain critical policy areas. As a result, rather than having stand-alone projects related to the UK’s exit from the EU, all aspects of Cabinet Office responsibility are now adapting to the current context, which includes preparing for the UK’s exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 54755 question first answered 28/11/2016 10:02:40 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

641196

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many projects in operation in his Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has instructed all departments to identify potential opportunities that will arise in their areas from EU Exit. The Government is united in its ambition to deliver a successful withdrawal from the EU and a new relationship with Europe, and departments will work together to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/11/2016 13:48:16 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

641327

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Humanitarian Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recently returned from Sierra Leone and saw first-hand that although the Ebola crisis has ended, the country faces major development challenges, including some of the worst child and infant mortality rates in the world.</p><p>Ebola has made these challenges worse and reversed, for example, much of the progress in health made since the civil war, with high numbers of health staff dying and sharp falls in essential services, such as treatment of malaria and immunisation. UK support is helping the Government of Sierra Leone to build up better health services and save lives, ensure children get a better education, increase access to water and sanitation, and lay the groundwork for increased economic development.</p><p>Our cross-government response to the 2014/15 Ebola crisis saved lives and stopped the outbreak decimating development in Sierra Leone. Halting the disease in West Africa was the single most important way of preventing Ebola from infecting people in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 29/11/2016 16:43:36 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

641387

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many projects in operation in his Department are related to the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Officials in the Department’s Europe Directorate work both on preparations for our future relationship with the EU and ongoing negotiations on ‘live’ business. The team works with the Department for Exiting the European Union and other Departments on these issues. Officials in other teams in the Department also carry out EU exit-related work as part of their broader responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 13:54:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

638082

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Brazil: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of political freedom and strength of the democratic processes in Brazil.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government follows political developments in Brazil closely. Brazil is a thriving democracy with strong institutions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 15:26:50 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

638083

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Niranjam Rasalingam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Burma on the detention without conviction and treatment in detention of Niranjan Rasalingam.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	53464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has raised Mr Niranjan's case regularly with the Burmese authorities, focussing on the slow progress of the case, lack of due process, and the lack of impartial translation.</p><p>The former Minister of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire), raised the case with Deputy Foreign Minister U Kyaw Tin in May. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade my Hon. Friend the Member for Wyre Forest (Mr Garnier), also raised the case when he met with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2016 15:25:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

637065

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Punjabi Language: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took (a) a GCSE and (b) an AS/A2 Level in Panjabi in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from data held by the Department. The Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects, including Cantonese.</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of GCSE entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>GCSE language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>GCSE entries </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>2,341</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>3,286</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>3,851</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td><td><p>4,068</p></td><td><p>4,004</p></td><td><p>4,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>2,748</p></td><td><p>2,944</p></td><td><p>3,948</p></td><td><p>4,075</p></td><td><p>4,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>1,277</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td><td><p>4,093</p></td><td><p>4,111</p></td><td><p>4,185</p></td><td><p>4,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>611,024</p></td><td><p>603,203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</em></p><p>1. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (see SFR main text).</p><p>2. 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other years are final.</p><p>3. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: i) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and ii) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>4. In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of AS and A level entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>AS level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>AS level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>695</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>A level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td><td><p>2,549</p></td><td><p>2,592</p></td><td><p>2,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Covers examination results of students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August 2015.</p><p>2. Figures for 2016 are provisional, figures for all other years are final.</p><p>3. From 2016, for A level, accountability purposes results are allocated to the provider where the student has enrolled to take their main programme of study, recorded in the school census or Individual Learner Record (ILR). The ILR has been used as additional data source from 2016, and this leads to very small differences in the student exam results included.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 52920 52921 52922 52923 52924 52925 52926 52927 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:11:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

637066

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Polish Language: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took (a) a GCSE and (b) an AS/A2 Level in Polish in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from data held by the Department. The Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects, including Cantonese.</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of GCSE entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>GCSE language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>GCSE entries </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>2,341</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>3,286</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>3,851</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td><td><p>4,068</p></td><td><p>4,004</p></td><td><p>4,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>2,748</p></td><td><p>2,944</p></td><td><p>3,948</p></td><td><p>4,075</p></td><td><p>4,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>1,277</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td><td><p>4,093</p></td><td><p>4,111</p></td><td><p>4,185</p></td><td><p>4,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>611,024</p></td><td><p>603,203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</em></p><p>1. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (see SFR main text).</p><p>2. 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other years are final.</p><p>3. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: i) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and ii) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>4. In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of AS and A level entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>AS level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>AS level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>695</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>A level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td><td><p>2,549</p></td><td><p>2,592</p></td><td><p>2,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Covers examination results of students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August 2015.</p><p>2. Figures for 2016 are provisional, figures for all other years are final.</p><p>3. From 2016, for A level, accountability purposes results are allocated to the provider where the student has enrolled to take their main programme of study, recorded in the school census or Individual Learner Record (ILR). The ILR has been used as additional data source from 2016, and this leads to very small differences in the student exam results included.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 52920 52921 52922 52923 52924 52925 52927 52928 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:11:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Urdu: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took (a) a GCSE and (b) an AS/A2 Level in Urdu in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	52927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from data held by the Department. The Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects, including Cantonese.</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of GCSE entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>GCSE language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>GCSE entries </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>902</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>2,341</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>3,286</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>3,851</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td><td><p>4,068</p></td><td><p>4,004</p></td><td><p>4,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>2,748</p></td><td><p>2,944</p></td><td><p>3,948</p></td><td><p>4,075</p></td><td><p>4,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>1,277</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>3,704</p></td><td><p>4,093</p></td><td><p>4,111</p></td><td><p>4,185</p></td><td><p>4,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>611,024</p></td><td><p>603,203</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</em></p><p>1. Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (see SFR main text).</p><p>2. 2015/16 figures are provisional, all other years are final.</p><p>3. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: i) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and ii) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>4. In 2014/15 and 2015/16, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects (see SFR main text).</p><p> </p><p>The time series for the number of AS and A level entries in Italian, Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Bengali, Chinese, Turkish, Urdu, Polish and Panjabi for the last 5 years in England is given in the table below.</p><p>AS level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>AS level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>695</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A level language subjects</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>A level entries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>2,738</p></td><td><p>2,665</p></td><td><p>2,549</p></td><td><p>2,592</p></td><td><p>2,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italian</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>682</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Greek</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Hebrew</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkish</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Covers examination results of students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August 2015.</p><p>2. Figures for 2016 are provisional, figures for all other years are final.</p><p>3. From 2016, for A level, accountability purposes results are allocated to the provider where the student has enrolled to take their main programme of study, recorded in the school census or Individual Learner Record (ILR). The ILR has been used as additional data source from 2016, and this leads to very small differences in the student exam results included.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 52920 52921 52922 52923 52924 52925 52926 52928 question first answered 24/11/2016 13:11:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West