§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (i) nursery, (ii) infant, (iii) primary and (iv) secondary Welsh-medium schools there are; and if he will make a statement. [57439]
§ Mr. HainNo information is available centrally about the medium of instruction at maintained nursery schools. At January 1998, there were 445 primary schools where 557W most pupils were in classes where Welsh was the sole or main medium of instruction. Of these schools, 8 were infant schools and 3 juniors. 50 secondary schools were Welsh speaking schools as defined in Section 354(8) of the Education Act 1996.