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Dr. Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of students at each public sector higher education college in Wales during 1989–90; and how many of these students were normally resident in Wales, in total numbers and as a percentage of the main student body.
Sir Wyn Roberts
The information for the academic year 1989–90 is shown in the following table:
| Students on higher education courses in Wales | Resident Welsh students1 on higher education courses | Resident Welsh students as a percentage of higher education students | |
| The Polytechnic of Wales | 6,219 | 3,388 | 54 |
| South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education | 3,618 | 2,533 | 70 |
| Gwent College of Higher Education | 3,618 | 2,863 | 79 |
| North East Wales Institute of Higher Education | 2,962 | 1,875 | 63 |
| West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education | 2,825 | 2,277 | 81 |
| Trinity College | 691 | 487 | 70 |
| Normal College of Higher Education | 643 | 534 | 83 |
| Carmarthen College of Technology and Art | 392 | 336 | 86 |
| Welsh College of Music and Drama | 293 | 98 | 33 |
| Bridgend College of Technology | 231 | 230 | 100 |
| Gwynedd Technical College | 181 | 181 | 100 |
| Llandrillo Technical College | 143 | 122 | 85 |
| Newport College of Further Education | 110 | 102 | 93 |
| Pontypridd Technical College | 107 | 106 | 99 |
| Ebbw Vale College of Further Education | 92 | 92 | 100 |
| Welsh Agricultural College | 78 | 43 | 55 |
| Merthyr Tydfil Technical College | 63 | 63 | 100 |
| Neath College | 52 | 52 | 100 |
| Pembrokeshire College of Further Education | 41 | 41 | 100 |
| Students on higher education courses in Wales | Resident Welsh students1 on higher education courses | Resident Welsh students as a percentage of higher education students | |
| Crosskeys Tertiary College | 32 | 32 | 100 |
| Aberdare College of Further Education | 31 | 31 | 100 |
| Afan College | 14 | 14 | 100 |
| Ystrad Mynach College of Further Education | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| Ceredigion College of Further Education | 9 | 9 | 100 |
| Total Wales | 22,455 | 15,519 | 69 |
| 1 Students whose home (grant-awarding) local authority is in Wales. | |||