Further Education

HC Deb 18 May 1988 vol 133 cc455-6W

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many pupils, and what percentage, remained in full-time education after 16 and 17 years of age in each local authority in 1978–79 and the latest date available and the total for Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Figures are not available for 1978–79. The latest information available is for the 1986–87 academic year and is as follows:

Welsh Pupils in Full-Time Education in Schools and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in Wales1
Home Authority	Aged 162	Aged 172
	Number	Per cent.3	Number	Per cent.3
Clwyd	3,023	49	2,105	32
Dyfed	2,661	52	1,912	36
Gwent	3,350	49	2,309	33
Gwynedd	1,947	53	1,266	33
Mid Glamorgan	4,069	50	2,580	31
Powys	963	57	702	41
South Glamorgan	2,860	45	2,020	31
West Glamorgan	2,519	47	1,953	35
Total Wales	21,392	49	14,847	33
1 As at January 1987 for schools and November 1986 for colleges of higher and further education.
2 Age as at 31 August 1986.
3 As a percentage of the 1986 mid year home population estimates.