HC Deb 11 November 1996 vol 285 c76W
Dr. Hampson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of primary schools and secondary schools currently have classes of more than 30; and what were the figures in 1976. [2709]

Mr. Robin Squire

Sixty-five per cent. of primary schools and sixty-one per cent. of secondary schools had at least one class of more than 30 pupils taught by one teacher in January 1996. Comparable information is not available for 1976.