§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of training places for teachers which will be available in 1983 in each teaching institute in Wales; and what were the comparable figures for 1979.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe first-year intake numbers to initial teacher training in 1983 allocated to public sector institutions in Wales are:
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3 or 4-year courses 1 year courses Bangor Normal College 79 15 Gwent College of Higher Education 90 30 North East Wales Institute 85 —
3 or 4-year courses 1 year courses South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 85 119 West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 85 — Trinity College, Carmarthen 83 20 The comparable recruitment targets for 1979 were:
3 or 4-year courses 1 year courses Bangor Normal College 75 30 Gwent College of Higher Education 105 10 North East Wales Institute 95 — South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 105 90 West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education 70 — Trinity College, Carmarthen 115 20 The allocation of places to individual universities providing initial teacher training is made by the University Grants Committee, which has informed me that for the two years in question the figures for Welsh colleges are:
1983 3 or 4-year courses 1 year courses University College of Wales, Aberystwyth — 159 University College of North Wales, Bangor — 160 University College, Cardiff 20 155 University College of Swansea — 145
1979 3 or 4-year courses 1 year courses University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 180 University College of North Wales, Bangor 165 University College, Cardiff 180 University College of Swansea 170 The university allocations are not fully comparable, because the University Grants Committee did not give targets for three or four-year courses in 1979.
In addition to the initial training places each institution has places for full-time in-service training. These are provided at discretion and the Department does not collect information about the numbers of places available.