HC Deb 14 March 1929 vol 226 cc1238-40
13. Mr. MARDY JONES

asked the President of the Board of Education what is the total number of boys and girls of 14 years of age and upwards who left the elementary schools in each of the years 1921–28, inclusive, in each of the autonomous areas: for elementary education in the county of Glamorgan and in Monmouthshire; and what was the total number of such boys and girls who were entered in each of these years for secondary education training in each of these autonomous areas?

The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Lord Eustace Percy)

I will circulate a reply in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

The following table gives the information asked for by the hon. Member:

RETURN showing for each Autonomous Area in the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth (a) the number of leavers aged 14 and over, from P.E. Schools and (b) the number of Ex-P.E. School Pupils aged 14 and over admitted to Secondary Schools on the Grant List.
Area. 1920–21. 1921–22. 1922–23. 1923–24. 1924–25. 1925–26. 1926–27. 1927–28.
Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls.
Neath Borough (a) 108 121 126 128 253 239 246 281 227 222 294 288 234 218 232 233
(b) 5 4 5 13 5 9 4 — 1 4 2 5 1 1 — 1
Port Talbot (a) (Became a Boro. on 9.11.1921.) 293 273 315 293 290 289 303 334 327 300 281 264 293 341
Borough. (b) 2 1 4 — 2 2 1 2 — — — — 1 1
Aberdare U.D. (a) 275 321 313 292 411 432 454 450 551 445 470 407 398 385 364 356
(b) 5 2 4 3 2 3 — — — — — — 4 3 — 2
Barry U.D. (a) 213 259 216 257 253 264 213 227 217 283 222 281 195 278 250 251
(b) 8 9 9 3 4 3 2 1 4 — 3 — 2 2 — —
Mountain Ash (a) 132 131 194 167 352 278 375 352 461 437 416 423 381 292 376 332
U.D. (b) — 8 1 6 — — — 1 2 5 2 2 — — 1 2
Pontypridd (a) 315 291 338 321 455 388 445 422 454 437 485 441 392 403 396 376
U.D. (b) 4 11 13 10 4 2 6 2 2 4 — — 2 — 1 3
Rhondda U.D. (a) 325 485 342 405 511 477 1,265 1,126 1,297 1,294 1,286 1,342 1,276 2,212 1,216 1,239
(b) 6 12 93* 274* 24 25 24 44 11 26 3 9 3 2 4 5
Cardiff C.B. (a) 1,124 1,191 1,163 1,199 1,595 1,517 1,308 1,205 1,537 1,468 1,513 1,483 1,346 1,310 1,364 1,403
(b) — 3 1 1 4 6 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 4 4 1
Merthyr Tyfil (a) 619 684 489 493 742 731 618 547 623 616 617 58S 514 511 516 564
C.B. (b) 11 12 15 24 9 8 3 5 4 8 5 5 5 10 2 6
Swansea C.B. (a) 1,026 1,065 1,057 1,053 1,037 1,111 1,262 1,213 1,274 1,282 1,243 1,248 1,265 1,250 1,204 1,215
(b) 5 2 13 2 2 — 5 13 6 18 7 8 2 11 28 14
Abertillery U.D. (a) 38 69 83 115 152 137 351 274 340 314 296 283 303 276 265 283
(b) — 1 1 — 2 1 1 1 2 3 — 2 — — 1 —
Ebbw Vale U.D. (a) 63 56 84 73 138 109 305 236 306 293 338 265 278 225 290 296
(b) — — 1 — — — 2 3 — — — — — 1 — —
Newport C.B. (a) 564 529 642 544 737 628 692 617 712 619 664 558 643 596 703 694
(b) 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 8 2 1 1 9 3
* These figures are comparatively high owing to the fact that certain schools, which had previously been recognised as Elementary Schools, were granted recognition as Secondary Schools and the pupils remaining in them were counted as new admissions to the secondary school system.