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Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

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Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of children received their education in the primary education sector through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. [135688] Mr. Hanson: Figures for Wales are available only from the academic year 1985-86. At the constituency level, they are available only from 1996-97. Responsibility for education transferred to the National Assembly for Wales on 1 July 1999. Available information is set out in the tables: Percentage of primary school pupils in classes where Welsh is the sole or main medium of instruction--Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Percentage 1985-86 11.7 1986-87 11.9 1987-88 12.2 1988-89 12.5 1989-90 13.5 1990-91 14.1 1991-92 16.0 1992-93 16.6 1993-94 16.4 1994-95 17.1 1995-96 17.2 1996-97 17.2 1997-98 17.7 1998-99 17.7 Constituencies 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Ynys Mon 66.7 68.1 65.7 Caernarfon 100.0 100.0 100.0 Conwy 43.7 42.6 36.4 Clwyd, West 23.0 22.5 23.0 Vale of Clwyd 14.0 13.6 13.8 Delyn 13.5 12.8 12.3 Alyn and Deeside 0.9 0.9 1.0 Wrexham 9.6 9.9 9.2 Clwyd, South 13.3 14.2 14.6 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 88.4 97.5 89.5 Montgomeryshire 19.0 19.3 19.3 Brecon and Radnorshire 8.6 8.6 8.3 Ceredigion 72.1 72.0 71.2 Preseli Pembrokeshire 20.9 21.4 21.9 West Carmarthen and South 17.4 17.2 17.6 Pembrokeshire East Carmarthen and Dinefwr 69.8 70.2 71.3 Llanelli 30.0 28.8 30.3 Gower 9.2 9.0 9.2 Swansea, West 6.9 7.1 7.2 Swansea, East 5.7 6.3 6.7 Neath 24.3 24.1 24.1 Aberavon 4.9 5.1 4.9 Bridgend 7.7 7.4 7.5 Ogmore 9.9 9.9 9.8 Vale of Glamorgan 8.0 8.1 9.1 Cardiff, South and Penarth 7.0 7.3 7.4 Cardiff, Central 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cardiff, North 11.2 11.7 13.6 Cardiff, West 7.9 8.3 9.1 Pontypridd 18.3 18.5 18.3 Rhondda 14.8 15.4 16.2 Cynon Valley 13.4 13.8 14.1 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 9.8 9.6 10.7 Caerphilly 12.6 13.0 13.3 Islwyn 4.4 5.1 5.3 Blaenau Gwent 4.1 4.1 4.1 Torfaen 3.4 3.5 4.2 Monmouth 0.8 0.9 1.1 Newport, East 3.8 4.1 4.1 Newport, West 0.0 0.0 0.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Welsh Office Schools Census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

356 c33-4W; 135688

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Education Languages Primary education Schools Wales Welsh language

Contains statistics

Yes

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