§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales further to his reply to the hon. Member for Pembroke on 14th October 1975, if he will confirm that his Department does not know the number of non-teaching staff employed in maintained schools in Wales in any of the years 1950–51, 1960–61, 1970–71 and 1974–75.
§ Mr. John MorrisYes. Local authorities in Wales had 13,900 full-time and 23,200 part-time non-teaching staff in the education sector in 1974–75, but no breakdown can be made as between schools, colleges and other places of employment. Corresponding figures for 1970–71 were 11,000 full-time and 18,700414W part-time staff but data for 1950–51 and 1960–61 are not available.