§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are unemployed in south Pembrokeshire; how many have been unemployed for (a) five years, (b) four years, (c) three years and (d) one year; what percentage unemployment this represents; and how many were unemployed in each of the years since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNumbers of unemployed and unemployment rates for the travel-to-work area of South Pembrokeshire between January 1984 and January 1987 are given in the following table. Comparable information is not available before this date.
Per cent. A s a first language As a second language Total Form I 11 68 79 Form II 11 62 73 Form III 11 50 61 Form IV 10 18 28 Form V 10 17 27 Form VI 4 3 7
§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the change in the number of bilingual primary and secondary schools in the last five years.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsBetween 1981–82 and 1985–86 the number of bilingual primary schools increased from 62 to 67 and the number of bilingual secondary schools increased from 13 to 16. The figures are as follows:
Primary Secondary 1981–82 62 13 1982–83 64 13 1983–84 64 14 1984–85 64 16 1985–86 67 16
§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of examination entries through the medium of Welsh since 1979.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is set out in the following table: 373W
Level 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Advanced: Entries 364 319 374 440 481 540 519 623 Subject 15 19 18 19 15 20 16 17 Ordinary: Entries 2,255 2,861 3,601 3,785 3,857 4,412 4,500 5,333 Subject 28 31 33 32 31 35 34 39 CSE: Entries 1,689 2,047 2,372 2,605 2,745 2,705 2,299 2,023 Subjects 31 33 34 38 41 39 37 35