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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 through the medium of Welsh (a) within Wales as a whole and (b) by constituency, in each year since 1980. [135687] Mr. Hanson: Information is not available in the form requested. Because data are not collected on the same basis from primary and secondary schools, separate tables are provided, setting out the most appropriate available indicators for each sector. Figures for primary schools are available only from the academic year 1985-86. In both sectors, a constituency-level breakdown is available only from 1996-97. Responsibility for education transferred to the National Assembly for Wales on 1 July 1999. Percentage of primary school pupils in classes where Welsh is the sole or main medium of instruction Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 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 Mongomeryshire 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 Carmarthen West and South 17.4 17.2 17.6 Pembrokeshire Carmarthen East 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 Carefiff 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 Blaeunau 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of pupils in maintained secondary schools in year groups 7 to 11 taught Welsh as a first language Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage 1979-80 9.7 1980-81 10.1 1981-82 10.1 1982-83 10.2 1983-84 10.4 1984-85 11.1 1985-86 10.7 1986-87 11.1 1987-88 11.1 1988-89 11.3 1989-90 11.6 1990-91 11.7 1991-92 11.7 1992-93 12.1 1993-94 12.1 1994-95 12.2 1995-96 12.4 1996-97 12.6 1998-88 12.8 1998-99 13.3 Constituencies 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 Ynys Mon 44.1 48.9 51.3 Caernarfon 95.10 94.7 94.9 Conwy 33.2 32.9 34.0 Clwyd West 6.7 8.1 8.7 Vale of Clwyd 16.7 17.4 17.0 Delyn 8.1 8.7 9.0 Alyn and Deeside 0.0 0.0 0.0 Wrexham 10.5 10.5 10.9 Clwyd South 1.6 2.0 1.5 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 59.6 60.0 65.5 Mongomeryshire 14.3 13.7 14.7 Brecon and Radnorshire 3.4 3.5 4.5 Ceredigion 47.8 45.2 49.0 Preseli Pembrokeshire 13.1 13.8 15.0 Carmarthen West and South 14.8 15.4 16.4 Pembrokeshire Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 37.9 37.0 38.1 Llanelli 16.8 17.4 17.8 Gower 16.2 16.4 17.0 Swansea West 0.0 0.0 0.0 Swansea East 0.0 0.0 0.0 Neath 15.6 17.1 17.7 Aberavon 0.0 0.0 0.0 Bridgend 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ogmore 21.2 20.1 19.6 Vale of Glamorgan 0.0 0.0 0.0 Carefiff South and Penarth 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cardiff Central 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cardiff North 20.1 21.1 17.2 Cardiff West 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pontypridd 14.1 13.8 13.3 Rhondda 11.8 12.8 13.3 Cynon Valley 6.0 8.9 12.0 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 0.0 0.0 0.0 Caerphilly 11.3 11.5 11.8 Islwyn 0.0 0.0 0.0 Blaeunau Gwent 0.0 0.0 0.0 Torfaen 9.4 9.8 10.5 Monmouth 0.0 0.0 0.0 Newport East 0.0 0.0 0.0 Newport West 0.0 0.0 0.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

356 c34-6W; 135687

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Education Languages Schools Wales Welsh language

Contains statistics

Yes

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