§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the certificate of education courses available(a) in English, and (b) in Welsh;
(2) if he will list, by secondary school, the subject entries and number of candidates (a) per subject offered through the medium of Welsh and (b) per subject offered through the medium of English, for the certificate of education examination;
(3)how many staff are employed by the Welsh Joint Examination Council to organise, administer and develop Welsh medium certificate of education courses.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsCertificate of education courses are administered by the Welsh joint education committee (WJEC). Information relating to courses is not held by the Department; any such requests should be directed to the WJEC.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many statemented children there are at present in Welsh medium or bilingual primary and secondary schools, and at Welsh units, in each Welsh local education authority area.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information as at January 1987 is as follows:
Number of statemented pupils in Welsh medium or bilingual schools or Welsh units Local education authority Primary Secondary Clwyd 43 20 Dyfed 98 15 Gwent 6 — Gwynedd 181 117 Mid Glamorgan 69 43 Powys 30 4 South Glamorgan 5 — West Glamorgan 15 1
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many statemented children in each Welsh education authority area have been transferred from Welsh medium or bilingual schools as a result of the statementing.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThis information is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to the numbers of the following professionals by local education authority in Wales; and in each case how many are able to carry out their work through medium of Welsh as well as English(a) educational psychologists, (b) educational social workers, (c) speech therapists, (d) advisory teachers in social and emotional problems, (e) special education advisers, (f) education welfare officers and (g) advisory teachers for the hearing impaired, visually impaired, etc.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation on the number of specialist advisers employed by local education authorities is not held centrally. For information about the number of speech therapists, I refer the hon. Gentleman to my hon. Friend's reply to him of 1 March.