§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of those persons aged 16 years have continued in full-time education in Wales on a county-by-county basis.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information in respect of persons aged 16 years continuing in full-time education as a percentage of the total population aged 16 in 1989–90 is given in the table:
Numbers attending schools1 and Colleges of Further Education as a percentage of total population aged 16 Percentage Clwyd 54.3 Dyfed 57.9 Gwent 55.6 Gwynedd 51.9 Mid Glamorgan 54.5 Powys 60.7 South Glamorgan 51.5 West Glamorgan 58.8 1 Includes maintained secondary and special schools and independent schools.