HC Deb 24 July 1972 vol 841 c242W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the local education authorities in Wales, with the pupil/teacher ratio in their primary and secondary schools for the last available date.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The pupil/teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area at January, 1971—the latest date for which figures are available—were as follows:

Primary Secondary
Anglesey 25.2 16.9
Breconshire 22.8 15.9
Caernarvonshire 21.5 17.8
Cardiganshire 18.7 18.0
Carmarthenshire 20.8 18.1
Denbighshire 24.9 17.9
Flintshire 26.8 18.8
Glamorgan 26.1 19.5
Merioneth 18.4 18.9
Monmouthshire 25.6 18.6
Montgomeryshire 20.5 16.0
Pembrokeshire 22.2 17.7
Radnorshire 19.4 14.8
Cardiff 26.4 17.9
Merthyr Tydfil 26.8 16.6
Newport 29.3 18.0
Swansea 27.2 17.5