§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many rural primary schools with a pupil attendance of 30 or less there were in Wales in(a) 1973, (b) 1983 and (c) 1993; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information requested is not available prior to 1976 and rural schools cannot be identified separately. Comparable data for the number of primary schools in Wales with up to 25 pupils on roll for 1976, 1985 and 1993 are given in the following table. Data on schools with up to 30 pupils are not readily available.
Number of schools January 1976 January 1985 January 1993 Number of pupils on roll Up to 25 106 114 61 26 or more 1,853 1,682 1,636 TOTAL 1,959 1,796 1,697 Source: Schools Census Returns.