HC Deb 28 June 1999 vol 334 cc57-9W
Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children aged five to seven years in(a) Bath and North-East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire were in classes of more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88217]

Ms Estelle Morris

The available information is shown in the following table.

The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no 5, 6 or 7-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.

Number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils
taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools
Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire
January 1996 1,100 3,361
January 1997 952 3,752

Number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils
taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools
Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire
January 1998 1,211 3,391
January 1999(provisional) 1,019 1,402

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in(a) Bath and North-East Somerset and (b) South Gloucestershire had more than 30 pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88218]

Ms Estelle Morris

The available information is shown in the table.

The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no 5, 6 or 7-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.

Number of key stage 1 classes with 31 or more pupils taught by
one teacher in maintained primary schools
Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire
January 1996 34 103
January 1997 29 114
January 1998 37 103
January 1999(provisional) 31 43

Dan Norris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many classes for pupils aged five to seven years in(a) South Gloucestershire and (b) Bath and North-East Somerset had 30 or fewer pupils in each year from 1992 to date. [88213]

Ms Estelle Morris

The available information is shown in the following table.

The Government have pledged to reduce infant class sizes so that no five, six or seven-year-old is in an infant class of more than 30 pupils. The number of infants in classes larger than 30 has already been reduced by some 130,000 between January 1998 and January 1999.

Number of key stage 1 classes with 30 or fewer pupils taught by
one teacher in maintained primary schools
Bath and North East Somerset South Gloucestershire
January 1996 146 211
January 1997 161 205
January 1998 166 226
January 1999(provisional) 165 308