HC Deb 25 January 1977 vol 924 cc527-8W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what response her Department has made to the inquiry from the European Commission

PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
January 1974 January 1975 January 1976
Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
Bolton … 27.3 16.9 26.3 16.6 25.7 16.8
Bury … 26.1 17.4 25.9 17.6 24.4 17.2
Manchester … 25.0 16.5 24.3 16.4 23.6 16.1
Oldham … 27.4 18.3 25.6 18.0 24.8 17.0
Rochdale … 26.0 16.6* 25.1 16.6* 24.4 16.0*
Salford … 27.3 17.7 26.9 17.3 25.7 16.7
Stockport … 27.5 17.6 27.0 17.0 27.0 17.1
Tameside … 26.3 18.4 25.3 18.6 24.4 16.9
Trafford … 25.9 17.4 25.1 17.0 23.1 17.0
Wigan … 25.5 17.2* 25.1 17.1* 24.5 16.6*
* Including middle schools deemed secondary.

Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the Official Report the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools, respectively, in each of the local education authorities in the present county of West Yorkshire, for each of the last 10 years.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS
Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield
Maintained Primary Schools*
1973 … … … … 23.9 24.8 25.1 26.5 25.6
1974 … … … … 22.4 24.0 24.4 26.0 25.2
1975 … … … … 21.2 24.0 23.6 25.9 24.8
1976 … … … … 21.9 24.3 23.9 25.1 23.8
Maintained Secondary Schools†
1973 … … … … 17.4 17.2 17.7 18.3 17.6
1974 … … … … 17.7 17.4 17.9 18.9 18.4
1975 … … … … 17.4 17.1 17.7 18.6 18.1
1976 … … … … 17.9 17.6 17.6 18.5 17.9
* Including immigrant centres and middle schools deemed primary.
† Including middle schools deemed secondary.

for Human Rights relating to the complaint by a parent from Strathclyde Region about the use of corporal punishment in schools.

Miss Margaret Jackson

None. This is more directly the concern of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.