§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State State for Wales if he will publish for each of the last five years the figures for (a) the number of pupils of all ages in
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 (a) Pupils in primary, secondary, nursery and special schools*: Full-time 547,919 552,304 552,245 548,379 541,205 Part-time 7,947 10,445 11,733 12,666 13,186 (b) Number of pupils in sixth forms in secondary schools†: ‡ ‡ ‡ 19,980 20,756 As percentage of all school pupils ‡ ‡ ‡ 3.6 3.8 (c) Number of secondary schools* 258 254 254 251 244 (d) Average class size (as registered) in years I to V in secondary schools† ‡ ‡ ‡ 25.7Ş 25.2Ş *January figures. † September figures (and percentage calculated on September figures). ‡ Comparable figures are not available for the years 1974–75 to 1976–77. Ş Sixth form class numbers bear no relation to the size of teaching groups, and so are excluded from the calculation.