§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers have received in-post training in the Welsh language for each of the past five years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe numbers attending courses included in the Department's programmes of long and short courses for qualified teachers are as follows:
LONG COURSES 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 15 12 21 21 25
SHORT COURSES 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 98 107 — — 56 These figures will represent only a small proportion of the teachers receiving in-post training in Welsh, as they do not include attendances at courses provided by local education authorities on which information is not collected centrally. Other courses, not included above, contain subsidiary elements of Welsh language training.