§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will list the total number of rescue operations carried out by the Helicopter Service at Royal Air Force Chivenor for the past five years, dividing the total between inshore rescues, cliff rescues, ship services, inland services, hospital cases and such other categories as may be relevant.
§ Mr. LambtonIn the period from January, 1967, to September, 1971, inclusive Service helicopters from Royal Air Force Chivenor attended a total of 506 incidents (excluding false alarms).
The total is divided as follows:
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeInformation about the areas of individual divisional executives is not readily available to my right hon. Friend. The local education authority can sometimes provide it.
§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of teachers and pupils in primary and in secondary schools in the City of 73W Manchester; and how many primary classes contain more than 40 children.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe numbers for January, 1971 are as follows:
Primary schools Secondary schools Full-time pupils 63,877 37,909 Part-time pupils 1,626 — Full-time teachers 2,138 2,037 Full-time equivalent of part-time teachers 155 109 Information about class sizes is not at present available.