HC Deb 13 December 1989 vol 163 c651W
Mr. Tredinnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the pupil-teacher ratios in Leicestershire primary schools for the years 1978 and 1988.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary schools in Leicestershire were 24 and 22.9 in 1978 and 1988 respectively.