Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils achieved GCSEs in (a) art, (b) design and technology, (c) music and (d) drama in each of the last 10 calendar years.

The information requested is published at the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised. This shows the number of entries to the Art Design, Applied Art and Design, Design and Technology, D & T: Electronic Products, D & T: Food Technology, D & T: Graphic Products, D & T: Resistant Materials, D & T: Systems & Control, D & T: Textiles Technology Music and Drama, as well as the percentage of pupils achieving A*-G/9-1 and A*-C/9-4 in these subjects: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/b4bd53da-dbea-4f25-804b-d61e0bac8987.

The information is available for each academic year between 2009/10 and 2019/20 in state funded schools.