HC Deb 15 December 1989 vol 163 cc831-2W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the teacher-to-pupil ratio in the Durham area in each year since 1979.

Mrs. Rumbold

The overall pupil-teacher ration in maintained schools in Durham local education authority area each year between 1979 and 1989 was as follows:

January each year
Ration
1979 18.7
1980 18.7
1981 18.5
1982 18.3
1983 18.6
1984 18.5
1985 18.5
1986 18.6
1987 18.7
1988 18.3
1989 18.3