§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of students who have received bursaries for initial teacher training in Wales; what is the total value of those bursaries; and what is the numbers of students by teaching speciality.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsBetween 1986–87 and 1988–89 a total of 379 students have received £526,000 from the bursary scheme as shown in the following table:
Subject Total students Mathematics 153 Physics 119 CDT1 107 379 1 An additional equipment allowance of £200 is paid to CDT students.
1974 1979 1st quarter 1989 Per cent change per annum Average daily available beds: 1974–79 1979–89 Acute1 12,190.8 11,302.7 10,350.4 -1.5 -0.9 Long stay 12,516.7 12,153.4 9,938.0 -0.6 2.0 Percentage Occupancy: Acute 68.4 68.3 70.4 Long stay 89.9 86.7 84.2 1 Excludes geriatrics, younger disabled, mental illness and mental handicap. My hon. Friend will wish to note that the rate of change of bed numbers in the long-stay sector has increased since 1979 in line with the policy of caring for such patients in the community where possible. Over the same period the increase in percentage occupancy of acute beds had been accompanied by an increase in the number of acute in-patients treated of 85,193 or 26.9 per cent., which represents an increase of 2.6 per cent. a year. The equivalent figures for 1974 to 1979 were an increase of 14,458, representing 4.8 per cent. or 0.9 per cent. a year.