HC Deb 12 November 1987 vol 122 c176W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give for each Welsh local education authority the total number of pupils on school rolls and the pupil-to-teacher ratio in(a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary schools.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of full-time and part-time pupils on roll and the pupil-teacher ratios within maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, as at January 1987, is given in the table:

Nursery schools Primary schools Secondary schools
Pupil numbers on roll
Clwyd 372 37,225 30,121
Dyfed 256 29,989 24,787
Gwent 1,124 39,818 32,406
Gwynedd 19,718 18,335
Mid Glamorgan 1,247 52,113 42,129
Powys 9,786 8,537
South Glamorgan 767 34,375 28,457
West Glamorgan 233 34,975 25,137
Pupil-teacher ratios within schools
Clwyd 18.6 24.1 16.5
Dyfed 22.4 20.6 15.8
Gwent 22.8 21.9 15.3
Gwynedd 20.4 15.3
Mid Glamorgan 20.4 23.3 16.5
Powys 19.3 14.8
South Glamorgan 19.5 22.9 16.5
West Glamorgan 23.4 21.2 15.3