HC Deb 19 January 1993 vol 217 cc192-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the amount of money given under the assisted places scheme to each of the private schools of Wales in each of the years from the schemes inception up to the latest possible year; and if he will make a statement.

Sir Wyn Roberts

The information requested is as follows:

and what was the percentage change in the number of economically active males in each district between 1987 and 1991.

Mr. David Hunt

The number of economically active males and the percentage they represent of the malt population of working age are given for 1986 and 1991 it the following table. Data for 1987 are not available. The percentage change between the two years is not shown a: the sources used for the data are not strictly comparable

Economically active males in Welsh districts 1986 and 1991
1986 1991
Econ active males aged 16–64 (000) Percentage of males aged 16–64 economically active Econ active males aged 16–64 (000) Percentage of males aged 16–64 economically active
Alyn & Deeside 19.1 87.2 20.8 87.2
Colwyn 10.8 83.4 12.5 81.1
Delyn 17.6 86.3 18.3 84.2
Glyndwr 10.4 86.0 11.0 84.6
Rhuddlan 11.7 81.0 12.2 79.7
Wrexham Maelor 31.0 85.6 30.0 83.3
Carmarthen 12.8 83.5 13.8 81.4
Ceredigion 15.1 80.7 15.6 80.1
Dinefwr 8.6 80.1 9.2 78.1
Llanelli 17.4 78.1 17.2 76.9
Preseli Pembrokeshire 17.8 84.7 18.2 82.5
South Pembrokeshire 9.7 82.2 10.5 81.7
Blaenau Gwent 18.8 77.6 18.4 76.9
Islwyn 16.3 81.5 16.7 79.1
Monmouth 19.6 86.6 20.5 84.7
Newport 33.0 84.0 34.2 82.9
Torfaen 23.4 83.1 23.1 81.2
Aberconwy 10.3 85.0 12.6 82.4
Arfon 13.1 84.4 13.3 80.2
Dwyfor 6.4 82.5 6.7 82.4
Meirionnydd 7.4 83.5 8.1 82.2
Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey 18.0 85.0 17.6 82.3
Cynon Valley 15.6 78.3 15.2 76.0
Merthyr Tydfil 13.9 75.8 13.7 75.9
Ogwr 31.9 79.1 33.2 80.4
Rhondda 18.3 72.5 17.9 74.5
Rhymney Valley 25.3 76.3 25.0 76.8
Taff-Ely 22.8 78.6 25.0 81.0
Brecknock 10.0 84.1 10.4 81.6
Montgomeryshire 13.8 89.8 14.4 86.1
Radnor 5.9 87.0 6.2 85.5
Cardiff 68.0 82.0 70.3 81.8
Vale of Glamorgan 29.0 85.9 29.4 83.5
Lliw Valley 14.9 82.1 15.3 79.3
Neath 16.2 77.0 15.8 78.1
Port Talbot 12.2 76.5 11.8 75.0
Swansea 45.7 79.5 43.8 78.7

Notes:

1. Economically active students are excluded.

2. Data for 1991 are from the 1991 Census.

3. Data for 1986 are extracted from the Welsh Inter Censal Survey are subject to sampling error, and are not strictly comparable to Census data.