§ Mr. Renée Shortasked the secretary of state for Education and Science how many foreign language assistants were placed in secondary schools each year since 1975–76; how many will be placed in the current and next year; and if he will give the number for each local education authority.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information, for maintained schools in England and Wales, is given in the table below.
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Year Local Education Authority 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81(estimate) Barnsley 20 0 0 14 14 15 Birmingham 46 30 30 31 29 28 Bolton 9 12 9 9 7 0 Bradford 18 17 18 17 15 0 Bury 3 3 3 3 2 3 Calderdale 15 4 4 6 6 6 Coventry 6 9 6 7 25 9 Doncaster 24 33 34 31 31 17 Dudley 0 0 0 5 5 7 Gateshead 2 3 3 3 2 3 Kirklees 26 24 17 18 19 17 Knowsley 19 0 0 0 0 0 Leeds 42 1 0 4 41 39 Liverpool 34 21 21 28 30 30 Manchester 52 52 54 49 52 54 Newcastle upon Tyne 13 7 27 27 0 0 North Tyneside 15 13 15 15 11 10 Oldham 9 10 6 0 0 0 Rochdale 11 16 15 18 17 18 Rotherham 20 20 11 14 16 16 St. Helens 14 17 20 0 0 0 Salford 16 25 25 34 34 36 Sandwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sefton 16 10 0 0 0 0 Sheffield 39 41 44 42 41 40 Solihull 15 16 9 16 16 17 South Tyneside 13 18 18 15 16 19 Stockport 24 4 4 6 8 6 Sunderland 8 8 0 0 0 0 Tameside 16 15 15 18 15 0 Trafford 20 0 0 0 0 0 Wakefield 40 48 16 20 20 20 Walsall 21 21 22 22 21 22 Wigan 17 21 18 19 19 19 Wirral 18 23 0 0 14 14 Wolverhampton 11 10 11 9 9 10 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS (TOTAL) 672 552 475 500 535 475 208W 209W
Barking 17 17 16 18 18 20 Barnet 0 1 1 7 9 1 Bexley 24 17 25 10 18 18 Brent 38 38 40 43 39 39 Bromley 36 6 5 3 20 20 Croydon 25 19 15 19 19 21 Ealing 50 13 14 29 28 30 Enfield 18 19 19 19 26 26 Haringey 7 7 7 15 15 15 Harrow 15 16 0 10 9 9 Havering 21 15 15 18 18 25 Hillingdon 34 15 15 15 15 15 Hounslow 34 34 33 37 35 37 Kingston 29 27 16 14 14 7 Merton 25 25 16 23 26 15 Newham 23 26 24 24 25 24 Redbridge 18 18 15 15 15 15 Richmond 21 22 21 22 22 21 Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waltham Forest 24 23 24 24 22 26 ILEA 191 216 220 215 221 209 LONDON BOROUGHS AND ILEA (TOTAL) 650 574 541 580 614 593
Year Local Education Authority 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 (estimate) Clwyd 38 0 0 0 0 10 Dyfed 22 0 0 9 10 10 Gwent 25 36 0 0 38 21 Gwynedd 9 0 0 0 0 0 Mid Glamorgan 42 42 0 43 46 47 Powys 8 8 8 8 8 0 South Glamorgan 29 33 33 33 33 33 West Glamorgan 38 37 43 45 45 39 WALES (TOTAL) 211 156 84 138 180 160 ENGLAND AND WALES (TOTAL) 3,637 3,120 2,347 2,551 2,710 2,323