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The claims were fuelled by successive rises in the proportion of students passing and getting top marks.

This is reflected in the prison statistics, with significant rises in the proportion of young black and Asian people being locked up.

While there have been occasional rises in the proportion of people saying that there should be a ban, such as immediately following the shootings of John Lennon, Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II and following Columbine, the overall trajectory has continued away from banning handguns.

The RAMP-DM subjects witnessed significant rises in the proportion of reaching treatment targets of HbA1c, and SBP/DBP.

But the rise in the proportion of tax on fuel is the result of the falling price.

The NHF also noted a rise in the proportion of middle-income households forced to turn to the benefits system.

"This is an unprecedented phenomenon in human history; the rapid rise in the proportion of older people in society," said Chris Roles, director of Age International.

Like much of Western Europe, Germany faces a large rise in the proportion of old people in its population.

This translates into a rise in the proportion of workless households because their wives are unlikely to work either.

Because of concerns before the exams, the DfE had already promised to limit the rise in the proportion of schools falling below the target to a 1% increase.

The increases come despite a rise in the proportion of British adults saying they do not drink, from 19% in 2005 to 21% in 2013.