Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children classified as in scope for the 16-18 English progress measure were from (a) disadvantaged and (b) non-disadvantaged backgrounds in 2016-17.
The requested information is given in the attached table. The data shows disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils who are in scope for the English or maths progress measure that reports on students who did not achieve A*-C in GCSE qualifications by the end of key stage 4.