To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the maintained school pupil population in Wales and by local education authority, in separate tables for primary, secondary and all pupils (a) in 1988 and (b) projected for 1995 and 2000.
The information requested is given in the following tables:
| Number of pupils in maintained primary schools in Wales (thousands) | |||
| Welsh Counties | 1988–89 | 1995–96 | 2000–01 |
| Clwyd | 38·7 | 41·9 | 44·3 |
| Dyfed | 31·9 | 34·4 | 36·0 |
| Gwent | 41·4 | 44·9 | 47·3 |
| Gwynedd | 20·0 | 20·2 | 22·2 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 54·1 | 57·3 | 60·7 |
| Powys | 10·2 | 10·8 | 11·3 |
| South Glamorgan | 36·0 | 39·9 | 43·1 |
| West Glamorgan | 36·2 | 37·5 | 39·1 |
| Male Teachers | LEA | ||||||||
| Salary Scale | Clwyd | Dyfed | Gwent | Gwynedd | Mid Glam | Powys | S. Glam | W. Glam | WALES |
| Head | 236 | 255 | 166 | 187 | 208 | 96 | 118 | 140 | 1,406 |
| Deputy | 146 | 99 | 145 | 99 | 190 | 32 | 117 | 131 | 959 |
| 2nd M&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Main Scale & E | 85 | 16 | 78 | 21 | 92 | 9 | 63 | 44 | 408 |
| Main Scale & D | 197 | 156 | 163 | 79 | 172 | 35 | 155 | 137 | 1,094 |
| Main Scale & C | 14 | 13 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 105 |
| Main Scale & B | 345 | 304 | 319 | 232 | 533 | 125 | 314 | 287 | 2,459 |
| Main Scale & A | 34 | 18 | 61 | 26 | 1 | 22 | 41 | 38 | 241 |
| Main Scale & None | 404 | 390 | 533 | 301 | 809 | 149 | 383 | 433 | 3,402 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 1,462 | 1,252 | 1,515 | 950 | 2,014 | 470 | 1,201 | 1,227 | 10,091 |
| Female Teachers | LEA | ||||||||
| Salary Scale | Clwyd | Dyfed | Gwent | Gwynedd | Mid Glam | Powys | S. Glam | W.Glam | WALES |
| Head | 88 | 126 | 127 | 45 | 180 | 42 | 94 | 73 | 775 |
| Deputy | 163 | 159 | 149 | 78 | 245 | 50 | 140 | 106 | 1,090 |
| 2nd M&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Main Scale & E | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 91 |
| Main Scale & D | 72 | 37 | 60 | 24 | 62 | 5 | 62 | 42 | 364 |
Welsh Counties
| 1988–89
| 1995–96
| 2000–01
|
| Wales | 268·5 | 286·9 | 304·0 |
Number of pupils in maintained secondary schools in Wales (thousands)
| |||
West Counties
| 1988–89
| 1995–96
| 2000–01
|
| Clwyd | 27·4 | 27·4 | 28·6 |
| Dyfed | 23·7 | 24·7 | 25·9 |
| Gwent | 29·2 | 29·6 | 31·2 |
| Gwynedd | 16·4 | 16·3 | 16·5 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 37·5 | 37·1 | 39·0 |
| Powys | 8·0 | 7·8 | 8·0 |
| South Glamorgan | 26·6 | 27·9 | 30·3 |
| West Glamorgan | 23·2 | 23·6 | 24·3 |
| Wales | 192·0 | 194·4 | 203·8 |
Numbers of pupils in all maintained schools in Wales1 (thousands)
| |||
Welsh Counties
| 1988–89
| 1995–96
| 2000–01
|
| Clwyd | 66·4 | 69·7 | 73·2 |
| Dyfed | 55·8 | 59·3 | 62·1 |
| Gwent | 71·8 | 75·7 | 79·6 |
| Gwynedd | 36·3 | 37·1 | 38·8 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 92·9 | 95·8 | 101·1 |
| Powys | 18·2 | 18·7 | 19·3 |
| South Glamorgan | 63·4 | 68·7 | 74·3 |
| West Glamorgan | 59·6 | 61·4 | 63·6 |
| Wales | 464·4 | 486·4 | 512·0 |
1 Includes maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools. | |||