§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science 161W if she will publish figures in the Official Report showing the pupil-teacher ratios for each of the education authorities within the Greater Manchester area for primary and secondary schools, and for primary and secondary schools in educational priority areas for the most recent
January 1976 January 1977 January 1978 Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Bolton 25.7 16.8 26.1 17.0 25.7 16.9 Bury 24.4 17.2 24.1 17.0 24.0 16.7 Manchester 23.6 16.1 23.7 15.9 23.5 15.6 Oldham 24.8 17.0 25.6 17.7 26.0 17.8 Rochdale 24.4 16.0* 24.4 15.9* 23.7 15.7* Salford 25.7 16.7 25.4 16.6 24.4 16.1 Stockport 27.0 17.1 26.9 17.2 26.9 17.2 Tameside 24.4 16.9 24.2 16.5 24.5 16.8 Trafford 23.1 17.0 22.0 16.7 22.0 16.7 Wigan 24.5 16.6* 24.2 16.5*† 23.6 16.2*† * Including middle schools deemed secondary schools. † Excluding tertiary colleges. Statistics for areas smaller than local education authorities are not normally compiled by my Department and figures are not, therefore, available for educational priority areas.