HC Deb 29 March 1990 vol 170 cc271-2W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each county education authority the number of teachers employed who are(a) able to undertake Welsh language teaching at the primary and secondary levels, as required by the national curriculum and (b) in possession of the appropriate subject qualifications to ensure the national curriculum is properly delivered in all Welsh language secondary schools.

Mr. Roberts

The number of teachers who have a qualification in Welsh as either a first or second language, and who will thus be able to contribute to the teaching of Welsh as part of the national curriculum is shown in the table:

Teachers with a qualification1 in Welsh
All teachers (full-time and part-time)
Primary (1987) Secondary2 (1989)
1st language 2nd language 1st language 2nd language
Clwyd 400 90 110 50
Dyfed 540 60 170 40
Gwent 30 10 10 10
Gwynedd 580 40 240 40
Mid Glamorgan 120 70
Powys 90 10 40 20
South Glamorgan 110 30 60 30
West Glamorgan 260 90 100 40
TOTAL 32,010 3330 850 300
1 Refers to all teachers with a post A-level qualification in Welsh. All teachers with a qualification in Welsh as a first language will be capable of teaching Welsh as a second language.
2 Secondary figures are drawn from the 1989 secondary school staffing survey and are provisional estimates. The results of the survey will be published later in the year.
3 Excludes Mid Glamorgan.

More detailed analyses including those of subject qualifications of teachers in Welsh secondary schools will be available later this year when the 1989 secondary schools staffing survey results are published.