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Administration Costs

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total cost of administration for his Department, in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [39190]

Mr. Hague: This information is contained in my Department's annual report, which was published in March 1996, copies of which are in the Library of the House.

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Beaches

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what step the Welsh Office has taken to improve the standards of Welsh beaches; how much funding has been given to projects designed to improve the quality of Welsh beaches; and if he will make a statement. [39090]

Mr. Hague: Since privatisation of the water industry in 1989, water undertakers have been engaged in a programme of improvements to coastal discharges designed to achieve compliance with the mandatory standards of the EC bathing water directive (76/160/EEC) at all identified bathing waters. Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's programme of improvements approved in 1989 and costing over £200 million should be completed in 1997.

In the five years to the year 2000 the company will invest a total of some £600 million on improvements to discharges affecting coastal waters. Together with the chairmen of the Wales tourist board and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, I launched the green sea initiative on 1 May. The objective of the collaborative environmental initiative, which is unique to Wales, is to achieve the more stringent guideline standards under the bathing water directive around the coast of Wales and to aim for 50 blue flag beaches by the year 2000.

Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many beaches in Wales failed to meet EU standards in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [39089]

Mr. Hague: The numbers of bathing waters in Wales identified under EC directive 76/160/EEC which passed and failed to meet the directive's mandatory bacteriological standards since 1990 are as follows:

Year	Number passing EC mandatory standards	Number failing to meet EC mandatory standards
1990	35	15
1991	45	5
1992	39	11
1993	42	8
1994	38	12
1995	49	6

Secretary of State (Work in Wales)

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the percentage of his working time which he spends in Wales. [39078]

Mr. Hague: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) on Tuesday 4 June, column 369.

School Leavers

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of 16-year-olds left school in Wales with no formal qualifications, for each education authority, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [39080]

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Mr. Hague: The readily available information for the years specified relates to those pupils, aged 16 and over, who left school without any GCSE, A or AS-level

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qualifications. Some of these pupils will have achieved other qualifications, such as the certificate of education. The information is contained in the following table.

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Number and percentage of pupils leaving school, aged 16 and over, without any GCSE, A or AS level qualifications

Maintained schools in:	1989-90(17)		1990-91(17)		1991-92(18)		1992-93(18)		1993-94(18)
	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Clwyd	355	7	335	8	450	10	380	9	310	7
Dyfed	565	14	570	15	335	9	405	10	350	9
Gwent	815	15	900	18	645	13	635	14	620	13
Gwynedd	325	11	280	10	235	9	205	7	145	6
Mid Glamorgan	1,570	24	1,280	20	1,100	19	915	16	950	17
Powys	105	7	45	3	75	6	65	5	70	6
South Glamorgan	680	15	560	13	645	14	575	14	555	13
West Glamorgan	650	15	385	9	500	12	470	12	375	9
Wales (including Independent Schools)	5,080	14	4,400	13	4,030	12	3,695	12	3,395	11

(17) From School Examinations Survey, of a sample of school leavers.

(18) From Intended Destinations of Pupils (RD1) Survey.

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School Playing Fields

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the Welsh schools which have sold playing fields to private companies; and if he will make a statement. [39082]

Mr. Hague: The information requested is not available centrally.

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School Teachers

Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers employed in each education authority in Wales in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement. [39084]

Mr. Hague: The information requested is as follows.

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Number of full time equivalent qualified teachers in LEA maintained primary schools(19)

School year	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84	1984-85	1985-86	1986-87
Clwyd	1,799	1,745	1,636	1,579	1,540	1,521	1,494	1,466
Dyfed	1,765	1,671	1,592	1,536	1,522	1,465	1,402	1,431
Gwent	2,001	1,907	1,830	1,782	1,732	1,729	1,739	1,769
Gwynedd	1,166	1,149	1,127	1,058	1,033	995	971	950
Mid Glamorgan	2,577	2,467	2,371	2,264	2,332	2,252	2,241	2,200
Powys	599	578	541	544	546	515	603	505
South Glamorgan	1,590	1,559	1,492	1,430	1,423	1,425	1,434	1,450
West Glamorgan	1,753	1,710	1,616	1,546	1,522	1,497	1,501	1,542
Wales	13,250	12,786	12,205	11,739	11,651	11,399	11,285	11,313

School year	1987-88	1988-89	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95
Clwyd	1,488	1,482	1,510	1,550	1,563	1,610	1,569	1,547
Dyfed	1,448	1,554	1,597	1,599	1,614	1,625	1,636	1,599
Gwent	1,745	1,756	1,798	1,801	1,801	1,843	1,855	1,870
Gwynedd	958	951	945	926	907	926	905	941
Mid Glamorgan	2,279	2,308	2,347	2,311	2,355	2,386	2,416	2,409
Powys	514	518	519	508	510	513	522	531
South Glamorgan	1,498	1,536	1,607	1,691	1,716	1,737	1,747	1,798
West Glamorgan	1,552	1,566	1,609	1,615	1,617	1,646	1,673	1,668
Wales	11,482	11,671	11,932	12,001	12,083	12,286	12,323	12,363

(19) At January each year. Excluding Grant Maintained schools.

The Maximum weekly hours worked figure used to calculate the full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988-89 from 25 to 32.5, with the effect of reducing the overall number of full time equivalent teachers.

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Number of full time equivalent qualified teachers in LEA maintained secondary schools(20)

School year	1979-80	1980-81	1981-82	1982-83	1983-84	1984-85	1985-86	1986-87
Clwyd	1,945	1,956	1,930	1,973	1,973	1,933	1,871	1,821
Dyfed	1,636	1,646	1,658	1,660	1,659	1,636	1,601	1,573
Gwent	2,453	2,375	2,356	2,343	2,330	2,245	2,186	2,115
Gwynedd	1,178	1,192	1,212	1,244	1,269	1,261	1,252	1,200
Mid Glamorgan	2,856	2,835	2,689	2,700	2,784	2,721	2,624	2,550
Powys	574	575	575	570	579	591	585	577
South Glamorgan	1,985	1,957	1,929	1,938	1,895	1,843	1,801	1,723
West Glamorgan	1,912	1,904	1,876	1,845	1,806	1,739	1,684	1,640
Wales	14,539	14,440	14,225	14,273	14,295	13,970	13,604	13,199

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School year	1987-88	1988-89	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95
Clwyd	1,804	1,718	1,679	1,676	1,711	1,680	1,431	1,376
Dyfed	1,539	1,495	1,469	1,472	1,480	1,517	1,535	1,528
Gwent	2,035	1,966	1,889	1,857	1,817	1,825	1,761	1,754
Gwynedd	1,170	1,142	1,110	1,082	1,074	1,074	1,035	1,019
Mid Glamorgan	2,459	2,380	2,297	2,271	2,328	2,378	2,452	2,500
Powys	567	555	544	529	537	535	544	553
South Glamorgan	1,665	1,606	1,651	1,641	1,656	1,675	1,504	1,502
West Glamorgan	1,618	1,592	1,531	1,498	1,421	1,427	1,451	1,462
Wales	12,857	12,454	12,170	12,026	12,024	12,111	11,713	11,694

(20) At January each year. Excluding Grant Maintained schools.

The Maximum weekly hours worked figure used to calculate the full time equivalent teacher numbers was changed in 1988-89 from 25 to 32.5, with the effect of reducing the overall number of full time equivalent teachers.

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