HC Deb 15 July 1993 vol 228 cc663-4W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which primary schools in each local education authority in Wales(a) use the Welsh language as the main language of instruction, (b) use some Welsh as a medium of instruction and (c) undertake little or no instruction through the medium of Welsh.

Sir Wyn Roberts

I have made a list of the 1,704 primary schools in Wales available in the Library of the House. The schools are broken down into the following categories: those with classes which use Welsh as a sole or main medium of instruction, those with classes which use Welsh as a medium of teaching for part of the curriculum and those which teach Welsh as a second language or not at all. The breakdown is based on information for the 1991–92 academic year.

Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average number of hours spent teaching Welsh in schools in Wales in the(a) primary and (b) secondary sectors; and if he will give a breakdown by county.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Since 1990, schools in Wales have been progressively implementing the requirements of Welsh as a national curriculum subject. Information on the number of hours or periods spent on national curriculum Welsh is not collected centrally.

However, the 1989 secondary school staffing survey provided information on the number of teaching periods spent teaching Welsh as a first language, Welsh as a second language and remedial Welsh and is given in the following table. Equivalent information is not available for primary schools.