HC Deb 04 December 1973 vol 865 cc370-1W
Mr. Roderick

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish the numbers of students in colleges of education, and education departments of universities, in Wales, in each of the past seven years, and the numbers of students leaving the colleges in each of those years with either a teacher's certificate or diploma in education.

Mrs. Thatcher

The information is as follows for the period of years for which data are available :

FULL-TIME INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING COURSES IN WALES
Colleges of Education Universities (one-year courses)
Numbers in Colleges :
1967–68 5,961 617
1968–69 6,220 693
1969–70 6,144 720
1970–71 6,232 785
1971–72 6,254 684
1972–73 6,219 816
Numbers obtaining teaching qualifications :
1969
1970 1,991 690
1971 1,962 744
1972 1,935 660

Total holdings Total holdings wholly or mainly rented Percentage holdings rented
Anglesey 1,990 824 41.4
Brecon 1,629 541 33.2
Caernarvon 2,418 965 39.9
Cardigan 3,444 853 24.8
Carmarthen 5,440 1,529 28.1
Denbigh 3,052 1,112 36.4
Flint 1,740 684 39.3
Glamorgan 2,535 1,015 40.0
Merioneth 1,372 531 38.7
Monmouth 2,480 807 32.5
Montgomery 3,180 954 30.0
Pembroke 3,378 1,118 33.1
Radnor 1,363 402 29.5