§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many students qualified to be teachers left the University of Wales and the teacher training colleges of Wales at the end of each academic year since 1975; and (a) how many were qualified in each of the main subjects and (b) how many were qualified to teach their subject through the medium of Welsh.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe available information about the number of students qualifying in each year is given in
Table 2—Successful students by area of training Higher and Further Education Colleges University Departments of Education 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1984–85 Trained for: Primary 215 195 287 100 Middle 195 92 16 — Secondary/further education: Mathematics 29 23 27 56 Chemistry — 7 — 36 Physics — — 24 Biological sciences 4 — 42 Combined science* 11 11 24 5 Welsh — — — 29 English† 9 2 2 58 Other languages‡ — — — 78 History 2 1 — 41 Geography — — — 41 Religious education 3 — 2 20 Craft, design and technology 22 31 32 3 Commercial and business studies║ 10 18 25 — Art/art and light craft 32 34 23 — Home economics/needlework 5 2 3 30 Music 18 9 5 19 Physical education 37 40 37 — Other 10 8 7 5 (Total secondary/further education) (192) (186) (187) (487) Total 602 473 490 587 * Including integrated or general science, or other specific sciences. † Including drama and drama with English. ‡ Including combinations of languages and English as a foreign language. ║ Including economics, social studies and liberal studies.