Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children sat the language assessment for key stage 1 in the standard assesment tasks(a) in English and (b) in Welsh in each of the local education authority areas in Wales.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows: 317W
Local Education Authority Number of pupils assessed in the subjects of: English 1Welsh Clwyd 4,079 514 Dyfed 2,441 1,625 Gwent 5,375 132 Gwynedd 400 2,267 Mid Glamorgan 6,369 813 Powys 1,211 167 South Glamorgan 4,804 297 West Glamorgan 4,084 403 Wales 28,763 6,218 1 The assessment of Welsh in 1991 was not a statutory requirement and was tested on a pilot basis only.
Mr. Alan W. WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children sat the language standard assessment task at key stage 1 in the current year in(a) English and (b) Welsh at each individual primary school in Dyfed.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsMy right hon. Friend has given an undertaking to headteachers, local education authorities and teachers' unions that no data collected on the national curriculum key stage 1 assessments for 1991 will be published by the Department at individual school level.