§ Mr. Aingerto ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects the Welsh Development Agency to make its contribution to Leader and 5b projects in west Wales. [3738]
§ Mr. HagueThis is an operational matter for the agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member and will arrange for a copy of his letter to be placed in the Library of the House.
Votes cast Authority Type of school Number of ballots For grant-maintained status Against grant-maintained status Percentage of schools holding ballots1 Primary 5 598 735 2.1 Clwyd Secondary 28 4,074 2,104 21.9 Primary 1 27 155 0.3 Dyfed Secondary 1 37 426 3.2 Primary 1 151 44 0.5 Gwent Secondary 26 2,432 1,699 15.2 Primary 1 195 48 0.5 Gwynedd Secondary 1 84 311 4.3 Primary 1 26 2 0.3 Mid Glamorgan Secondary 0 0 0 — Primary 1 36 12 1.0 Powys Secondary 1 209 499 7.7 Primary 2 122 273 1.3 South Glamorgan Secondary 25 1,687 1,560 15.4 Primary 0 0 0 — West Glamorgan Secondary 4 1,771 3,053 14.8 Primary 12 1,155 1,269 0.7 Wales Secondary 26 10,294 9,652 10.1 1 These figures represent the number of schools holding a grant-maintained ballot since the Education Reform Act 1988 as a percentage of LEA maintained and grant-maintained schools existing at September 1995. 2 These figures include schools which have held more than one ballot.