HC Deb 15 May 1986 vol 97 c536W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the primary school children in the local education authority areas of Wales speak Welsh as their principal language.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Assessments of fluency made by head teachers in September 1985 indicate that the proportions of all pupils in primary schools whose principal language was Welsh were as follows:

Per cent.
Clwyd 4.7
Dyfed 20.3
Gwent 0.1
Gwynedd 41.1
Mid Glamorgan 0.6
Powys 5.5
South Glamorgan 1.0
West Glamorgan 2.5
WALES 7.0

These figures exclude pupils whose principal language was not Welsh, but who could speak Welsh fluently.