§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of schools in Wales, at each level, in each of the counties of Wales which teach in the medium of Welsh; what is his estimate of the number of pupils in such schools by county; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation on the number of primary schools which have a class or classes where some or all of the teaching is through the medium of Welsh is given in the following table:
each local education authority area in Wales; what proportion of the total they represent in each case; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1977.
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§ Mr. Wyn Roberts[pursuant to his reply, 27 February, c. 452]: The information on pupils attending designated bilingual schools is given in the following tables:
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Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Full-time pupils in designated bilingual primary schools 1977: (a) Number of pupils: 2,318 934 — 434 3,029 135 962 1,469 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 5.3 2.8 — 1.8 4.7 1.2 2.4 3.8 1978: (a) Number of pupils: 2,317 1,035 — 483 3,091 143 1,033 1,514 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 5.4 3.1 — 2.0 4.9 1.3 2.7 4.0 1979: (a) Number of pupils: 2,331 1,052 — 486 3,174 152 1,036 1,545 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 5.5 3.2 — 2.0 5.1 1.4 2.8 4.2 1980: (a) Number of pupils: 2,301 1,099 — 462 3,277 154 1,009 1,467 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 5.6 3.4 — 2.0 5.4 1.4 2.8 4.2 1981: (a) Number of pupils: 2,392 1,123 — 431 3,400 208 1,209 1,437 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 6.1 3.6 — 1.9 5.9 1.9 3.5 4.3 1982: (a) Number of pupils: 2,342 1,134 — 399 3,547 213 1,231 1,470 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 6.3 3.8 — 1.9 6.4 2.0 3.7 4.6 1983: (a) Number of pupils: 2,385 1,128 — 367 3,649 195 1,244 1,479 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 6.8 3.9 — 1.8 7.0 1.9 3.9 4.8 1984: (a) Number of pupils: 2,420 1,173 — 385 3,801 185 1,350 1,474 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 7.0 4.1 — 1.9 7.4 1.8 4.3 4.9 1985: (a) Number of pupils: 2,470 1,231 — 395 3,909 189 1,321 1,463 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 7.3 4.3 — 2.0 7.7 1.9 4.2 4.9 1986: (a) Number of pupils: 2,560 1,244 — 385 4,203 182 1,414 1,484 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of full-time pupils in all primary schools: 7.5 4.4 — 2.0 8.3 1.9 4.5 4.9
Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Full-time pupils in designated bilingual secondary schools 1977: (a) Number of pupils: 2,329 799 — — 1,659 — — 1,214 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 7.5 2.9 — — 3.5 — — 3.8 1978: (a) Number of pupils: 2,410 902 — — 1,942 — — 1,217 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 7.5 3.3 — — 4.1 — — 3.8 1979: (a) Number of pupils: 2,440 1,180 — 386 2,096 — 99 1,233 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 7.5 4.3 — 2.0 4.4 — 0.3 3.9 1980: (a) Number of pupils: 2,421 1,306 — 504 2,178 — 231 1,220 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 7.3 4.8 — 2.6 4.6 — 0.7 3.9 1981: (a) Number of pupils: 2,389 1,476 — 549 2,238 — 374 1,211 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 7.2 5.4 — 2.9 4.7 — 1.1 4.0 1982: (a) Number of pupils: 2,211 1,573 — 800 2,286 — 535 1,161 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 6.7 5.8 — 4.1 4.8 — 1.6 3.9 1983: (a) Number of pupils: 2,152 1,715 — 897 2,344 — 694 1,131 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 6.5 6.3 — 4.5 5.0 — 2.1 3.9 1984: (a) Number of pupils: 2,130 2,138 — 964 2,393 — 817 1,134 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 6.5 8.0 — 4.9 5.2 — 2.6 4.0 1985: (a) Number of pupils: 2,121 2,382 — 979 2,537 — 920 1,126 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 6.5 9.0 — 5.0 5.6 — 3.0 4.1 1986: (a) Number of pupils: 2,061 2,481 — 1,022 2,650 — 954 1,111 (b) Number of pupils as a percentage of total pupils in all secondary schools: 6.6 9.7 — 5.4 6.0 — 3.2 4.2 The figures in the previous tables do not include pupils attending schools in mainly Welsh speaking areas where
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Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Number of pupils in classes where Welsh is the sole or main medium of instruction1 3,514 5,418 519 10,616 5,038 810 1,510 1,943 Number as a percentage of all pupils in primary schools 9.6 19.6 1.3 54.3 10.0 8.7 4.6 5.8 Number of pupils in classes where some of the teaching is through the medium of Welsh1 2,733 8,482 — 6,671 524 498 797 774 Number as a percentage of all pupils in primary schools 7.5 30.6 — 34.1 1.0 5.4 2.4 2.3 1 As at September 1985.