HC Deb 19 February 1973 vol 851 cc20-1W
Mr. Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what proportion of classes in secondary schools in Cheshire have 30 or more pupils; and how this figure compares with each of the last five years.

Mr. St. John Stevas

Information for classes "as taught" with 31 or more pupils in them is as follows:

January Per cent.
1969 … … … 618 23.1
1970 … … … 634 23.0
1971 … … … 685 24.2
1972 … … … 636 20.5

No comparable information is available for 1968 nor, yet, for January 1973.