HC Deb 28 March 1972 vol 834 cc65-6W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish the names of those local eduation authorities in England which are below the quota for the pupil-teacher

Mr. van Straubenzee

Figures for classes of 40 and over are not readily available. The latest available information about classes of over 40 for maintained schools in Nottinghamshire is as follows:

ratio by more than 1 per cent.; if she will indicate by what amount they fall below that level; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. van Straubenzee

On 31st January, 1972, the following local education authorities in England were 1 per cent. below quota:

Per cent.
Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Ealing, Essex, Leeds, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Plymouth, Rochdale, Rotherham, Stockport, Surrey, Sussex East, Tynemouth, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Worcester 1–2
Barrow-in-Furness, Bromley, Burton-upon-Trent, Bury, Enfield, Haringey, Ipswich, Lincolnshire (Kesteven), Lincolnshire (Lindsey), Northamptonshire, Southend-on-Sea, Sussex West, Teesside 2–3
Bath, Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Dorset, Dudley, Gloucester, Norfolk, Suffolk West, West Bromwich 3–4
Chester 4–5
Torbay, Warley 5–6
Warrington 6–7
These figures do not provide an accurate indication of comparative staffing standards because (a) some authorities have in the past been given additions to quota for special purposes; and (b) some categories of teachers are not counted against quota.