§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of university and higher education entrants from each county in Wales in(a) 1998–99 and (b) 1999–2000; and if he will make a statement. [89940]
§ Mr. HainThe number of entrants to higher education courses at Higher Education Institution in Wales from each county in Wales for the academic year 1998–99, is provided in the following table. Data for 1999–2000 are not yet available.
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Number of entrants to higher education courses at Higher Education Institutions in Wales, by county, for the academic year 1998–991 Unitary Authority Number of entrants Isle of Anglesey 405 Gwynedd 798 Conwy 542 Denbighshire 485 Flintshire 440 Wrexham 677 Powys 770 Ceredigion 837 Pembrokeshire 845 Carmarthenshire 1,563 Swansea 2,594 Neath Port Talbot 1,125 Bridgend 1,240 The Vale of Glamorgan 1,589 Cardiff 3,282 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 1,819 Merthyr Tydfil 539 Caerphilly 1,608 Blaenau Gwent 357 Torfaen 855 Monmouthshire 952 Newport 877 Wales 24,199 1 Provisional. Includes all higher education students in their first year of a particular programme of study. Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency, December Record 1998–99