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Politics and Government: GCE A-level

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Question for Department for Education

UIN 64717, tabled on 21 February 2017

Question

Cat Smith
Labour
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of post-16 education institutions entered at least one pupil for an A-level in government and politics in 2016.

Answer

Nick Gibb
Conservative
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Commons

Answered on

8 March 2017

In 2016, 2,847 institutions entered at least one pupil for at least one A-level. Of these, 1,272 institutions (45%) entered at least one pupil for an A-level in government and politics[1].

[1] Derived from School Performance Tables available at

https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&regiontype=all&la=0&downloadYear=2015-2016&datatypes=ks5underlying

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