§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many children in each English education authority were in classes of 41 pupils or more in each year since 1988;
(2) if he will list, for each year since 1988, the English education authorities in which no children were in classes of 41 pupils or more.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested for classes taught by one teacher is given in the table for maintained primary and secondary schools for each year up to 1991. Information is not collected centrally on class sizes in either maintained nursery or maintained special schools. The information is derived from a census of schools on one day in January of each year, and may not be representative of classes over the whole academic year.
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Numbers of pupils in classes of 41 and over in Maintained Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools (including Grant-maintained) in England—Position as at January each year 1988 1989 1990 1991 City n/a n/a n/a — Camden n/a n/a n/a — Greenwich n/a n/a n/a — Hackney n/a n/a n/a 44 Hammersmith n/a n/a n/a — Islington n/a n/a n/a — Kensington and Chelsea n/a n/a n/a — Lambeth n/a n/a n/a 48 Lewisham n/a n/a n/a 108 Southwark n/a n/a n/a — Tower Hamlets n/a n/a n/a 51 Wandsworth n/a n/a n/a 106 Westminster n/a n/a n/a — ILEA 97 — 86 n/a Barking — 48 — — Barnet — — — 54 Bexley — — — 46 Brent — — 41 — Bromley — — — — Croydon — — — — Ealing — 58 47 — Enfield — — 41 — Haringey 46 — 47 93 Harrow — — — — Havering — — — — Hillingdon 43 41 — — Hounslow 72 41 — — Kingston upon Thames — — — — Merton — 177 — 41 Newham 48 106 288 214 Redbridge — 139 — — Richmond upon Thames — — — — Sutton 79 197 — — Waltham Forest 112 60 — 44 Birmingham 94 141 145 43 Coventry 118 102 45 135 Dudley 281 180 246 354 Sandwell — 41 143 53 Solihull — — — 90 Walsall — — 89 44 Wolverhampton 101 83 85 — Knowsley 42 — — 50 Liverpool 118 169 160 250 St. Helens 41 — — — Sefton — 82 — 89 Wirral 49 — 73 52 Bolton 403 349 366 479 Bury 85 — 99 — Manchester 739 639 791 862 Oldham — 149 95 133 Rochdale 97 — — 41 Salford 102 141 151 183 Stockport 42 84 — — Tameside 41 89 — — Trafford — — 44 52 Wigan — 57 45 45 Barnsley 41 — 45 45 Doncaster — — — — Rotherham — — — 121 Sheffield 87 43 41 46 Bradford — 106 121 — Calderdale — — — — Kirklees 131 157 172 132 Leeds 87 135 285 620 Wakefield 93 211 56 42 Gateshead — — 58 60 Newcastle upon Tyne — — 52 69 North Tyneside — — — — South Tyneside — 57 — — Sunderland — 44 — 43 Isles of Scilly — — — — Avon 124 97 175 101 Bedfordshire 208 344 280 478 Berkshire 67 218 93 95 Buckinghamshire 52 137 149 349
1988 1989 1990 1991 Cambridgeshire — 49 — 43 Cheshire 167 311 319 184 Cleveland 93 — 90 312 Cornwall — — 88 — Cumbria 94 128 48 111 Derbyshire 49 129 210 61 Devon 208 206 88 455 Dorset 209 51 127 — Durham 82 86 42 135 East Sussex — — 41 — Essex 42 — — 189 Gloucestershire 41 — — — Hampshire 197 150 91 85 Hereford and Worcester 86 — — 43 Hertfordshire 47 — 105 143 Humberside 585 605 676 560 Isle of Wight — — — — Kent — 45 171 103 Lancashire 347 221 256 272 Leicestershire 498 319 410 692 Lincolnshire 42 125 93 — Norfolk 42 — 62 — North Yorkshire 46 48 132 99 Northamptonshire — 43 — 146 Northumberland — 43 — 146 Nottinghamshire 390 371 170 124 Oxfordshire 97 131 87 222 Shropshire 50 149 106 135 Somerset — 45 — 41 Staffordshire 313 192 135 99 Suffolk 47 110 — 50 Surrey — — — 191 Warwickshire 41 88 127 — West Sussex 140 53 47 42 Wiltshire 170 — 44 — ENGLAND 7,906 8,426 8,567 10,783