HC Deb 28 April 1989 vol 151 cc692-3W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for the latest year for which figures are available the school attendance rate for(a) the years one to five secondary school, (b) fourth-year secondary pupils, (c) fifth-year secondary pupils and (d) primary schools for each Welsh local education authority.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information in the form requested is not collected centrally. However, data in respect of primary and secondary school attendance as a whole on a census day in September 1988 are as follows:

Percentage of pupils on role in attendance
Secondary Primary
Clwyd 91 88
Dyfed 90 90
Gwent 90 89
Gwynedd 90 92
Secondary Primary
Mid Glamorgan 85 89
Powys 92 94
South Glamorgan 88 88
West Glamorgan 86 84