HC Deb 17 May 1982 vol 24 cc17-21W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for Wales the directly equivalent information on educational expenditure and numbers to that which is published for England in tables 2.10 and 2.10.1 of Cmnd. 8494–II; and if he will publish the information covered in Table 2.10.2 on a basis which covers Wales alone.

Table 1
Education and Science, Arts and Libraries—Wales
£ million cash prices
1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Schools
Under-5's Capital 1 — — — — 1 — —
Current 14 15 16 18 23 26 30 30 525
Primary, secondary and other Capital 21 17 18 17 25 28 25 25
Primary Current 83 90 100 112 138 151 150 150
Secondary Current 105 114 128 146 183 204 217 230
Other Current 21 23 27 33 39 41 44 50
Meals 22 22 24 25 23 23 19 20
Milk 1 1 1 1 — — — —
Further Education
Capital 5 4 4 5 8 8 7 10 100
Current 41 42 46 54 64 74 77 80
Student Awards 2 3 5 6 6 7 8 10
Miscellaneous

Mr. Michael Roberts

The equivalent information on educational expenditure and numbers in Wales is given in the three following tables.

The information contained in these Tables is confined to those areas for which the Welsh Office has responsibility in Wales. Figures for mandatory student awards and universities in Wales for which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science is responsible are not therefore included.

1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983-–84 1984–85
Youth Service Capital 1 1 — — 1 1 1 15 45
Current 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
Research and other services Capital — — 1 2 2 2 2
Current 3 3 4 4 5 6 6
Administration Current 15 16 18 20 24 27 29 30
Total Education Capital 28 22 23 24 36 40 35 35 670
Current 310 332 372 422 509 563 585 615
Total Education 338 354 395 446 545 603 620 650 670
Arts and Libraries
Central Government Capital — — 2 2 1 1 1 10 30
Current 3 3 4 5 7 7 8
Local authorities Capital 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20
Current 8 9 10 11 13 15 15
Total Arts and Libraries 12 13 17 19 22 24 25 30 30
Total Programme 350 367 412 465 567 627 645 680 700

Table 2
Thousands (except as indicated)
Actual Projected
Academic Year 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Wales
Total School population (including special schools) 564.0 561.0 554.4 545.0 532.0 520.9 509.3 499.9 492.1
Pupil numbers:
Under fives 45.8 45.6 45.6 44.6 43.6 44.1 46.5 48.4 49.4
All other primary 273.3 269.0 262.3 254.9 243.9 234.2 222.4 214.4 211.3
Secondary
Under school leaving age 220.1 222.2 224.5 220.4 218.0 215.4 213.6 210.6 205.2
Over school leaving age 19.9 19.5 17.2 20.4 21.6 22.5 22.1 21.8 21.5
Total (excluding special schools) 559.2 556.3 549.7 540.3 527.3 516.2 504.6 495.2 487.4
School participation rates (per cent.)
Under fives 61 63 65 67 68 68 68 68 68
Over school leaving age 24 22 19 23 23 24 24 24 24
Teachers: numbers employed (full-time equivalents) 28.9 29.2 29.8 29.5 28.9 28.1 27.5 26.9 26.5
Pupil, teacher ratios overall 19.1 18.8 18.2 18.1 18.0 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1
Special schools
Pupils 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
Teachers 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

Notes:

  1. (a) The table relates to all maintained schools and includes pupils under five supported through the Urban Programme.
  2. (b) Pupil and teacher numbers are as at January in the relevant academic year.
  3. (c) The under fives and special school pupils are numbers participating, not full-time equivalents.
  4. (d) Participation rates for under fives express the number of children under five in nursery and primary schools, part-time or full-time, as a percentage of three and four year olds in the population.
  5. (e) The secondary over school leaving age participation rate expresses the number over school leaving age as a percentage of the comparable 16 and 17 year old population.
  6. (f) Teacher numbers cover all teaching staff being paid, whether in school or not (e.g. released for in-service training) at the relevant date. It will be for local authorities to decide how best to deploy their teachers between age groups and for this reason no distribution is shown within schools.
  7. (g) Pupil:teacher ratios are derived arithmetically from actual and projected populations shown in the table and principally for the reasons in note (f) above, are not a measure of pupil:teacher ratios within schools. Number of pupils under five years of age include part-time pupils who are each counted as 0.5 when deriving pupil:teacher ratios.

Table 3
Wales
Thousands
Actual Projection
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Advanced further education: Numbers of home students (full-time and Sandwich)
Students on advanced courses in polytechnics and colleges of higher and further education (excluding postgraduates) 6.5 6.4 7.0 6.7 6.7
1st year enrolments 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.3
Postgraduates 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Non-advanced further education: Home students (full-time equivalent)
Cmnd. 8175 plans 25.3 25.7 25.9 26.0 —
of which, 16–18 year olds on full-time and Sandwich courses 12.7 12.8 12.8 12.8 —
Actual
Cmnd. 8494 plans 25.2 26.2 27.7 27.2 26.9
of which, 16–18 years olds on full-time and Sandwich course 12.8 14.0 15.7 15.4 15.2

Note:

NAFE figures exclude students participating as part of the MSC new training intitiative referred to in Chapter 2.4.