§ Mr. Edwin Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the names of the polytechnics which have recently increased their hostel charges; by what authority such increases were made; and what were the amounts of the increases involved in actual and percentage terms.
Mr. ShortIt has long been my Department's policy that the level of charges in hostels attached to further education establishments should cover all the running costs except loan charges and certain other items. An inquiry into costs in the academic year 1966–67 showed that most charges fell well below this level. In June 1968 the Local Education Authorities Committee on Inter Authority
MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN GLAMORGAN Average size of classes Number of Pupils Secondary classes as taught Primary classes as registered Modern Technical Grammar All Secondary 1962 … … … … 29.1 " " " " 1963 … … … … 29.4 " " " " 1964 … … … … 29.6 " " " " 1965 … … … … 29.6 " " " " 1966 … … … … 29.7 26.2 21.0 22.1 24.6 1967 … … … … 29.8 25.9 22.8 22.3 24.6 1968 … … … … 29.8 25.9 26.5 22.1 24.5
§ Mr. G. Elfed Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the average size of classes in all Welsh language schools in Wales in each of the years from 1962 to 1968.