§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if any changes have been made or are proposed to the criteria for determining the capacity of schools as laid down in Welsh Office circular 20/88.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsWelsh Office circular 20/88 includes a suggested method for determining the capacity of primary schools. We are currently consulting education interests in Wales on draft proposals to introduce more open enrolment into primary schools from the start of the 1992 school year. The proposals include an alternative formula for calculating the capacity of primary schools. More open enrolment for secondary schools was introduced with effect from 4 August 1990. Welsh Office circular 47/88 contains an annex suggesting a method for calculating capacity in these schools.
§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the current level of surplus places in each local education authority in Wales separately distinguishing primary and secondary schools.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows:
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Surplus places Primary Secondary Clwyd 11,151 2,913 Dyfed 9,178 2,089 Gwent 10,009 10,527 Gwynedd 4,469 4,412
Surplus places Primary Secondary Mid Glamorgan 13,663 7,556 Powys 3,096 1,477 South Glamorgan 12,196 8,907 West Glamorgan 14,213 7,496