§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each county in Wales and for Wales as a whole for the last three available years the number of full-time students in(a) further education, (b) higher education and (c) further and higher education in total, indicating the percentage of women in each case.
§ Mr. Richards[holding answer 25 January 1995]: Information on the number of full-time students on further and higher education courses at publicly-funded institutions in Wales for the academic years 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94, is the latest available year, are shown in the following table.
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Full-time students at publicly funded institutions in Wales 1 1991–92 1992–93 1993–942 Total Per cent. female Total Per cent. female Total Per cent. female Higher education courses Clwyd 1,916 49.9 2,196 49.3 2,247 51.0 Dyfed 6,775 51.8 7,783 53.1 8,949 :53.1 Gwent 1,769 51.7 2,109 52.2 2,584 51.7 Gwynedd 4,762 51.6 5,500 52.9 5,952 54.1 Mid Glamorgan 6,006 34.3 8,110 37.9 9,799 39.0 Powys4 South Glamorgan 14,634 51.1 17,015 52.7 18,818 53.2 West Glamorgan 8,716 47.9 9,610 49.6 10,395 50.3 Wales 44,578 48.4 52,323 49.7 58,744 50.2 Further and higher education courses Clwyd 6,357 53.8 7,153 50.9 8,301 50.5 Dyfed 9,985 53.1 11,127 518 12,706 53.4 Gwent 6,891 51.9 7,710 50.9 8,551 50.3 Gwynedd 6,737 52.7 7,792 53.0 8,561 53.6 Mid Glamorgan 10,641 43.3 13,295 44.1 15,404 43.9 Powys 1,033 58.7 974 54.8 970 58.0 South Glamorgan 18,200 51.8 20,550 52.9 23,388 52.8 West Glamorgan 14,474 48.9 15,538 50.1 16,316 50.6 Wales 74,318 50.5 84,139 50.8 94,197 50.7 1 Full-time includes Full-time year, Sandwich and Short full-time courses. Data for the University of Wales are at December, the non-university data are at November. Students are recorded in the County in which the institution they attend is located. 2 Data are provisional pending publication. 3 Numbers include Coleg Harlech from 1992–93 and sixth form colleges from 1993–94 but exclude link students. 4 There are no higher education institutions in Powys.