§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent estimate he has made of the number of students in Wales who give up courses in further and higher education colleges due to financial difficulties.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsColleges of further and higher education in Wales have been asked to provide information on the number of students who did not start or continue a course for financial reasons. This information is being collected as part of the monitoring of
Table 1 Children aged 0–16 years admitted to hospital as result of an accident1 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Clwyd 1,582 1,604 1,425 1,390 1,389 Dyfed 1,253 1,307 1,241 1,160 1,127 Gwent 1,842 1,683 1,744 1,507 1,444 Gwynedd 890 749 775 850 812 Mid Glamorgan 2,367 2,276 2,450 1,803 1,502 Powys 48 55 50 50 34 South Glamorgan 1,420 1,346 1,419 1,334 1,440 West Glamorgan 1,018 1,115 1,235 1,241 1,235 1 Based on information supplied by hospitals. Excludes children seen at an accident and emergency department who were not admitted to hospital. 320W
Table 2 Road accident casualties aged 0–16 years 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 11990 Clwyd 403 416 467 476 516 451 Dyfed 326 336 289 277 349 389 Gwent 394 399 344 362 407 434 Gwynedd 250 231 224 243 258 223 Mid Glamorgan 465 448 459 550 519 503 Powys 87 100 107 79 86 118 South Glamorgan 366 317 340 345 375 382 West Glamorgan 335 326 323 311 392 357 1Provisional. access funds and relates to students who have been refused support. Information relating to the current academic year will be available this autumn.