§ 47. Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the cost of the provision of free school transport for the current financial year.
§ Mr. MulleyTotal expenditure by local education authorities in England and
PUPILS AND TEACHERS IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS IN STOKE-ON-TRENT Primary schools Secondary schools Teachers† Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Pupil/teacher* ratio Teachers† Full-time pupils Pupil/teacher ratio January 1970 … … … 1,106 28,721 107 26.0 955 16,831 17.6 1971 … … … 1,244 32,671 100 26.3 857 13,207 15.4 1972 … … … 1,285 32,514 92 25.3 855 13,392 15.7 1973 … … … 1,332 32,697 125 24.6 912 13,563 14.9 1974 … … … 1,338 32,704 124 24.5 996 15,928 16.0 1975‡ … … … 4,544 113,043 599 24.9 4,405 76,271 17.3 * Part-time pupils have been counted as 0.5 pupil. † All teachers in 1970; qualified teachers only from 1971. The numbers for each year include the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers. ‡ Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent). Note: The introduction of middle deemed primary schools covering some pupils of secondary age, led to a break in statistical comparability between 1970 and 1971.