§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what was the primary school pupil-teacher ratio in Walsall and the average for all local education authorities for the years 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75; and how many local education authorities had a worse primary school pupil-teacher ratio for each of these years;
(2) what was the pupil-teacher ratio for all schools within the Walsall Education Authority, and the overall average pupil-teacher ratios for all local education authorities for the years 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75; and how many local education authorities had more pupils per teacher than Walsall in each of these years.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe information is as follows:
Pupil/Teacher ratios in Number of local education authorities with a higher ratio than Walsall Walsall England and Wales Maintained primary schools 1972–73 26.3 25.5 26 1973–74 25.9 24.9 24 1974–75 25.1 24.2 29 All maintained schools* 1972–73 21.2 21.4 69 1973–74 21.6 21.1 34 1974–75 20.8 20.6 50 * Excluding nursery and special schools.
§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how much was spent per 1.000 population on further education in Walsall; what was the average for all local education authorities for the years 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75; and how many local education authorities spent less than Walsall per 1,000 population on further education;
(2) how much was spent per primary school pupil on books and teaching equipment in Walsall; what was the average for all local education authorities for the years 1972–73, 1973–74 and 197475; and how many local education authorities spent less per primary school pupil in each of these years than the expenditure in Walsall.
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§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThis information is available from the annual digests of education statistics, published jointly by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Society of County Treasurers. Copies are in the Library.