HC Deb 05 June 1992 vol 208 cc660-1W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of(a) men and (b) women amongst the ranks of (i) senior lecturers and (ii) professors in further and higher education in Wales.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Information about the number of full-time staff in higher education, voluntary colleges and in higher and further education institutions maintained by local education authorities in 1990–91 is given in the following table together with information for the University of Wales which has been shown separately. Lecturers are categorised differently in the two groups, all categories of teaching staff are thus shown in the table.

Lecturers
a. Voluntary colleges, and higher and further education institutions maintained by local education authorities (as at 31 March 1990)
Males Females
Principals 40 3
Vice-principals 38 5
Heads of Department 184 23
Reader 3
Principal lecturers 242 16
Senior lecturers 1,044 228
Lecturer grade 1,560 945
Total 3,111 1,220

Source: Database of Teacher Records (DFE).

b. University of Wales' (as at 31 December 1990)
Males Females
Professors 270 4
Readers/senior lecturers 539 23
Lecturers 1,297 331
Others2 182 118
Total 2,288 476
1 Staff totals includes staff whose salary is not wholly financed by the university.
2 Includes certain clinical academic staff and research and analogous staff whose starting salary is below that of lecturer grades.

Source: University Statistical Record.