Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for wales how many pupils were enrolled in primary schools in January 1983; how many teachers were in post in primary schools at that date; and how these figures compare with the corresponding figures for 1978.
Mr. John Stradling ThomasThe information requested is as follows:
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 P.S.S. Net Expenditure* £000 Percentage of Total Expenditure† P.S.S. Net Expenditure* £000 Percentage of Total Expenditure† P.S.S. Net Expenditure* £000 Percentage of Total Expenditure† Counties: Clwyd 9,158 9.8 11,188 9.8 12,621 9.7 Dyfed 7,625 9.3 9,361 9.7 10,242 9.5 Gwent 10,343 9.3 12,659 9.3 14,089 9.4 Gwynedd 6,999 12.0 8,231 11.9 9,213 11.7 Mid Glamorgan 17,087 12.0 20,206 12.0 21,094 11.4 Powys 2,965 8.9 3,603 9.2 3,915 9.3 South Glamorgan 11,578 12.3 14,345 12.8 15,333 12.5 West Glamorgan 9,540 9.8 11,865 10.4 13,092 10.3 Districts: Alyn and Deeside — — — — — — Colwyn — — — — — — Delyn — — — — — — Glyndwr — — — — — — Rhuddlan — — — — — — Wrexham Maelor — — — — — — Carmarthen 7 0.3 42 1.4 2 0.1 Ceredigion 3 0.1 2 0.1 34 1.0 Dinefwr — — 5 0.2 5 0.2 Llanelli 2 — 64 1.2 5 0.1 Preseli 6 0.1 9 0.2 7 0.2 South Pembrokeshire — — — — 1 — Blaenau Gwent 21 0.4 30 0.4 29 0.4 Islwyn — — 9 0.2 9 0.2 Monmouth 15 0.4 20 0.5 161 4.1 Newport 62 0.8 75 0.9 71 0.7
Maintained Primary Schools 1978 1983 Full-time pupils 300,153 248,564 Part-time pupils 9,876 14,005 Full-time qualified teachers 13,197 11,434 Part-time qualified teachers 668 790 (Full-time equivalent of part-time qualified teachers) (301) (305)
Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what effect the closure of one and two-teacher primary schools has had on pupil-teacher ratios at the most recent count as compared with 1978.