§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Education whether he will give the number of pupils per full-time teacher in Hertfordshire primary and secondary schools, respectively, for each year since 1951.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe relevant information is set out in the following table:
PUPILS PER FULL-TIME TEACHER HERTFORDSHIRE, 1951–1963 January Primary schools Secondary schools 1951 … 29.2 21.0 1952 … 30.0 20.4 1953 … 30.9 19.2 1954 … 31.0 19.2 1955 … 30.3 19.4 1956 … 29.7 19.8 1957 … 29.8 19.8 1958 … 30.6 20.0 1959 … 30.5 20.6 1960 … 30.5 20.6 1961 … 29.9 20.2 1962 … 29.5 18.9 1963 … 29.5 19.8
§ Lord Balnielasked the Minister of Education (1) to what extent there has been an improvement in the pupil-teacher ratio since 1951 in primary and secondary schools in Hertford, Welwyn Garden City, and Hatfield, respectively;
(2) to what extent there has been a reduction since 1951 in the number of pupils in junior and senior over-size classes in Hertford, Welwyn Garden City, and Hatfield, respectively.
§ Sir E. BoyleInformation on individual localities within the authority's area is not available for years before 1958 and could be extracted only with considerable labour for the later years.