§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the ratios of teachers to pupils in English language medium schools and Welsh language medium schools in each local education authority in Wales.
Primary Secondary All schools Bilingual schools All schools Bilingual schools Clwyd … … … … 23.1 24.0 16.9 16.4 Dyfed … … … … 18.9 19.6 17.9 17.7 Gwent … … … … 23.8 — 16.7 — Gwynedd … … … 21.2 24.5 17.3 — Mid Glamorgan … … 23.7 25.3 17.2 17.3 Powys … … … … 18.3 18.4 16.3 — South Glamorgan … … 23.2 25.0 17.2 — West Glamorgan … … 21.7 22.4 16.7 16.7 Wales … … … … 22.3 23.6 17.1 16.9 Bilingual schools comprise the 52 designated bilingual primary schools in predominantly English speaking areas and the eight designated bilingual secondary schools.
In traditionally Welsh-speaking areas there are many other schools which, to a greater or less extent, are bilingual. Data for these cannot be provided.