§ Mr. Copeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Wales and England, respectively, can receive television only from the Wenvoe transmitter; what proportion of those people he estimates can speak 5W Welsh; and what proportion can speak Welsh but not English.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe Wenvoe transmitting station is primarily intended to provide the UHF transmissions of BBC Wales, BBC 2 and HTV Wales in South Wales. The BBC estimates that it has a population coverage in Wales of 841,000. What proportion of those people can receive only from Wenvoe is not known; but reception from the Mendip station in Somerset is possible in some of the most populous parts of South Wales. The BBC also estimates that currently some 30,000 people in England, mainly
At 1st April 1976 At 1st April 1977 At 1st April 1978 Gwent Constabulary … … 962 956 945 North Wales Police … … 1,222 1,222 1,240 South Wales Constabulary … 2,973 2,956 2,870 Dyfed-Powys Police … … 903 909 909 Totals … … … 6,060 6,043 5,964