§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Prime Minister if she will compare the pupil to teacher ratio in the United Kingdom in 1979 and 1984 with the pupil to other persons or non-teachers employed ratio in the United Kingdom in 1979 and 1984 in actual and full-time equivalent terms.
§ The Prime MinisterThe available information is shown in the following table for the United Kingdom.
1978–79 1983–84 Pupils per teacher* Maintained primary 22.9 22.0 Maintained secondary 16.5 16.0 Pupils and further education Students per non-teaching support staff*† 22.8 23.3 * Ratios have been calculated from full-time plus full-time equivalent of part-time numbers, for pupils, students and staff. † The breakdown of non-teaching support staff employed by local education authorities between the school and further education sectors is not available.