§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the colleges of further and higher education in Wales indicating the capacity limit figures for each college and actual numbers of(a) full-time and (b) part-time students during each of the last three academic years.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsInformation is not held centrally on the student capacity of colleges. The number of students at colleges of further and higher education is shown in the table.
359W1 Includes sandwich students.
2 Includes students following courses of higher education at colleges of further education.
3 Usk agricultural college merged with Pontypool college in 1991–92.
4 Includes students following courses of further education at colleges of higher education.
(b) Part time1 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Colleges of further education2 Aberdare college 1,209 1,130 1,098 Afan college 1,317 1,402 1,385 Barry college of further education 2,251 2,016 2,136 Bridgend college 3,383 3,299 3,148 Carmarthen college of technology 2,540 2,509 3,368 Ceredigion college of further education 1,204 1,265 1,268 Coleg Glan Hafren 3,470 3,345 3,270 Coleg Glynllifon 75 61 43 Coleg Meirionnydd 520 719 761 Coleg Pencraig 759 654 582 Coleg Powys 4,096 3,313 3,229 Crosskeys college 1,791 2,052 1,745 Ebbw Vale college of further education 2,172 1,516 1,589 Gorseinon college 1,047 1,233 1,097 Gwynedd technical college 2,378 2,141 1,963 Llandrillo technical college 3,927 3,858 4,033 Llysfasi college of agriculture 434 340 319 Merthyr Tydfil college 1,643 1,845 2,060 Neath college 2,839 2,816 3,104 Newport college of further education 3,812 3,820 4,383 Pembrokeshire college of further education 1,386 1,492 1,253 Pencoed college 569 574 523 Pontypool college 2,069 2,071 1,920 Usk agricultural college3 394 345 Pontypridd college 2,880 2,925 2,721 Rhondda college 1,337 1,425 1,317 Swansea college 4,004 3,926 3,841 Welsh college of horticulture 153 134 150 Ystrad Mynach college 1,444 1,718 1,809 Colleges of higher education4 Cardiff institute of higher education 2,877 2,523 2,391 Gwent college of higher education 2,788 2,664 2,834 Normal college Bangor of higher education 115 99 73 North East Wales institute 5,839 5,362 5,113 Swansea institute of higher education 2,060 1,830 1,736 Trinity college — — — University of Glamorgan 1,485 1,760 2,150 University of Wales Aberystwyth 312 301 331 Bangor 278 296 289 Cardiff 1,021 1,203 1,178 St. David's Lampeter 43 51 93 Swansea 453 417 568 College of medicine 170 200 218 Welsh agriculture college 22 — — Welsh college of music and drama 213 218 242 1 Includes evening only, open/distance learning and linked students at colleges of further and higher education but excludes students on continuing education courses at the University of Wales. 2 Includes students following courses of higher education at colleges of further education. 3 Usk agricultural college merged with Pontypool college in 1991–92. 4 Includes students following courses of further education at colleges of higher education.