§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by local education authority, the number of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Wales which have closed since 1979.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsComprehensive information in the form requested is not available. A figure for the total number of(a) primary and (b) secondary schools closed could be misleading since many closures occur as part of wider schemes of reorganisation or amalgamation which can incorporate the establishment of new schools. During the period January 1979 to January 1987 there was a net reduction of 168 maintained primary schools and a net reduction of 10 maintained secondary schools in Wales. (These are provisional figures). The breakdown by local education authority is as follows:
Primary Secondary Clwyd -15 -1 Dyfed -31 -2 Gwent -47 -7 Gwynedd -2 0 Mid Glamorgan -7 +1 Powys -16 +1 South Glamorgan -18 -1 West Glamorgan -32 -1 -168 -10