§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of pupils in classes of 31 and over in each education authority in Wales for each year since 1979 in (a) the maintained primary sector and (b) the maintained secondary sector, and showing the percentage of such pupils in relation to the total number of pupils in Wales; and if he will also give the comparable percentage figure for England.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation on the number of pupils in classes analysed in size bands is not collected centrally.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Maintained primary school classes of 31 or over as at September each year1 Clwyd 400 24.8 355 22.3 396 26.9 370 25.7 353 25.0 376 26.6 363 25.6 Dyfed 89 5.7 90 5.9 75 5.2 74 5.3 65 4.7 69 5.2 95 7.3
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of classes of 31 pupils and over in each education authority in Wales for each year since 1979 in (a) the maintained primary sector and (b) the maintained secondary sector, and showing the percentage of such classes in relation to the total number of classes in Wales; and if he will also give the comparable percentage figure for England.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information on the number of classes of 31 pupils and over is given in the following tables.
Information in respect of England is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Number of classes Per cent. of total classes Gwent 369 20.9 331 19.7 346 21.6 278 18.0 255 16.6 286 19.0 248 16.6 Gwynedd 103 9.6 75 7.0 61 5.8 53 5.4 48 4.8 40 4.2 30 3.2 Mid Glamorgan 527 23.6 470 10.9 508 25.0 375 18.9 326 16.7 408 21.8 397 21.3 Powys 31 5.7 32 6.1 25 5.0 19 3.8 20 4.0 25 5.2 19 4.1 South Glamorgan 388 29.2 338 25.9 336 26.8 316 26.1 305 25.4 289 23.8 323 27.1 West Glamorgan 161 10.5 131 8.8 17.1 12.0 154 11.1 156 11.4 161 11.9 166 12.3 WALES 2,068 17.8 1,822 16.1 1,918 17.8 1,639 15.7 1,528 14.8 1,654 16.3 1,641 16.4 Maintained secondary school classes of 31 or over as at September each year1 2 Clwyd 334 29.8 313 28.2 320 29.0 298 27.2 281 25.9 287 27.5 346 35.2 Dyfed 337 35.2 308 31.3 253 26.9 270 29.3 251 25.3 222 24.6 188 21.3 Gwent 316 20.2 275 17.6 271 18.1 263 17.9 228 15.7 201 15.6 168 13.7 Gwynedd 205 29.0 177 23.7 166 22.7 181 24.4 179 24.1 164 23.7 154 23.1 Mid Glamorgan 549 31.6 541 31.1 545 31.8 499 29.2 492 28.8 406 26.8 389 26.3 Powys 93 28.7 78 23.6 74 23.1 77 24.0 70 21.5 72 23.4 53 17.4 South Glamorgan 370 29.3 321 26.1 316 26.3 281 23.2 270 22.7 283 28.3 241 25.0 West Glamorgan 303 25.8 265 23.3 243 22.3 207 19.4 212 20.0 187 19.3 156 16.6 WALES 2,507 28.3 2,278 25.8 2,188 25.5 2,076 24.3 1,983 23.2 1,822 23.6 1.695 22.8 1 Registered ordinary and remedial classes. 2 Years 1–5.