Rural Schools

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many rural schools have been closed in each county in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Number of maintained primary schools
	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid-Glamorgan	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan	Wales
1979–80	264	355	278	200	321	131	178	198	1,925
1980–81	263	353	275	200	317	129	175	196	1,908
1981–82	260	347	265	199	315	125	171	191	1,873
1982–83	258	342	264	198	317	122	164	179	1,844
1983–84	253	338	261	198	314	121	161	175	1,821
1984–85	252	335	253	98	309	119	158	172	1,796
1985–86	251	329	239	198	312	117	156	172	1,774
1986–87	251	323	238	198	312	115	156	169	1,762
1987–88	252	323	232	196	312	114	156	168	1,753
1988–89	251	319	228	195	312	114	157	167	1,743
1989–90	248	315	226	194	312	113	157	164	1,729
1990–91	246	315	225	193	305	112	157	164	1,717
1991–92	245	315	215	192	306	109	158	164	1,704
(a) Excludes pupils in special schools

Number of maintained secondary schools¹
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92
Clwyd	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Dyfed	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	31
Gwent	40	38	38	35	35	35	35	33	33	34	34	34	33
Gwynedd	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Mid-Glamorgan	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Powys	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
South Glamorgan	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27
West Glamorgan	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Wales	241	239	241	238	236	237	237	234	233	232	231	230	229
¹ Includes Grant Maintained schools.

Volume 226: debated on Thursday 17 June 1993