HC Deb 11 February 1971 vol 811 c239W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of classes in primary schools with more than 40 pupils, and in secondary schools with more than 30 pupils, in the West Riding County Council area, and the number of such classes in the Mexborough and Staincross divisional education districts.

Mr. van Straubenzee

In January, 1970, 172 and 1,438 teaching groups respectively in the county area. The Department's data are not analysed for districts within a local education authority area.