HC Deb 05 February 1993 vol 218 cc358-9W
Mr. Dafis

To 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 Roberts

Information 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.

1 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.