§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) infant schools, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) colleges of further education there were in Wales in each year since 1979; and how many places were offered by each category.
§ Mr. David HuntThe number of infant, primary and secondary schools and colleges of further education in Wales in each year since 1979 is shown in the following table together with the total number of full and part-time pupils in schools and the number of enrolments in further education colleges. Information on the number of places offered by each category is not collected centrally.
Number of establishments Infant1 Primary1 Secondary1 FE colleges2 1979–80 420 1,505 241 45 1980–81 410 1,498 239 45 1981–82 379 1,494 241 45 1982–83 353 1,491 238 46 1983–84 337 1,484 236 44 1984–85 314 1,482 237 43 1985–86 305 1,469 237 39 1986–87 299 1,463 234 39 1987–88 295 1,458 233 39 1988–89 291 1,452 232 39 1989–90 279 1,450 231 36 1990–91 271 1,446 230 37 1991–92 264 1,440 229 34
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Number of students-pupils on roll Infant1 Primary1 Secondary1 FE colleges2 1979–80 62,091 233,136 240,771 62,207 1980–81 57,944 225,491 239,641 61,973 1981–82 52,670 220,532 237,156 64,081 1982–83 48,858 213,711 235,625 63,671 1983–84 48,515 210,127 231,512 67,548 1984–85 48,383 208,912 226,446 65,477 1985–86 48,901 207,897 218,378 65,870 1986–87 47,967 210,032 209,909 70,546 1987–88 46,951 214,750 199,279 73,942 1988–89 46,847 221,641 191,999 79,534 1989–90 45,960 228,648 185,723 84,144 1990–91 45,819 231,016 185,193 85,755 1991–92 46,316 232,341 189,002 90,860 1 At January each year. 2 At November each year. All colleges offering further education courses each year (both further education and higher education colleges) are included in the table. The total number of further education enrolments is also shown irrespective of whether the course was run at a further education or higher education establishment.