HC Deb 06 April 1987 vol 114 cc19-20W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of primary school children in each of the local education authority areas speak Welsh as their principal language.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The percentages of pupils, aged five and over, in maintained primary schools and whose principal language is Welsh are given in the table. The figures as at September 1985 exclude pupils who are fluent in Welsh but whose home language is not Welsh.

(2) what change there has been in the numbers of students enrolled in part-time and full-time advanced and non-advanced further education courses in Wales since 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The information is given in the following tables:

Number of students enrolments outside the university sector
Advanced Non-advanced
Part-time1 Full-time2 Part-time1 Full-time2
1979–80 5,644 7,498 46,017 16,190
1985–86 7,048 12,192 45,645 20,225
Percentage change% +24.9 +62.6 -0.8 +24.9
1Including evening only modes of attendance.
2Full-time, short full-time and sandwich modes of attendance.
Per cent.
Clwyd 4.9
Dyfed 20.6
Gwent 0.1
Gwynedd 41.4
Mid Glamorgan 0.6
Powys 5.7
South Glamorgan 1.0
West Glamorgan 2.7

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