HC Deb 13 September 2004 vol 424 cc1445-6W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average number of pupils in primary classes in the London Borough of Havering was in(a) 1997 and (b) 2004; and what the figures are for all other London boroughs. [187733]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The information requested is shown in the table.

Maintained primary schools1: Average size of one teacher classes 1997 and 2004 (provisional v2)—position in January each year—by local education authority
Local education authority 1997 2004
201 City of London 26.0 2—
202 Camden 27.1 27.0
203 Greenwich 26.0 25.7
204 Hackney 26.1 26.1
205 Hammersmith and Fulham 25.3 25.2
206 Islington 26.6 25.7
207 Kensington and Chelsea 25.3 26.1
208 Lambeth 25.2 25.8
209 Lewisham 26.1 25.9
210 Southwark 26.4 25.7
211 Tower Hamlets 26.2 26.1
212 Wandsworth 25.8 26.0
213 Westminster 24.2 26.0
301 Barking and Dagenham 27.0 25.8
302 Barnet 26.2 27.1
303 Bexley 28.8 27.5
304 Brent 26.5 27.3
305 Bromley 28.5 27.2
306 Croydon 28.3 27.1
307 Eating 27.1 26.5
308 Enfield 29.1 27.9
309 Haringey 26.9 27.5
310 Harrow 27.5 26.3
311 Havering 27.9 27.1
312 Hillingdon 27.2 26.5
313 Hounslow 26.8 26.1
314 Kingston upon Thames 29.4 27.0
315 Merton 27.3 25.5
316 Newham 27.9 27.4
317 Redbridge 28.4 27.5
318 Richmond upon Thames 27.2 26.6
319 Sutton 28.1 27.6
320 Waltham Forest 26.6 26.2
1Includes middle schools as deemed.
2 Provisional figures not available. Final figures available after 30 September.