HC Deb 03 August 1976 vol 916 c665W
47. Mr. Lawrence

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the cost of the provision of free school transport for the current financial year.

Mr. Mulley

Total expenditure by local education authorities in England and

PUPILS AND TEACHERS IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS IN STOKE-ON-TRENT
Primary schools Secondary schools
Teachers† Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Pupil/teacher* ratio Teachers† Full-time pupils Pupil/teacher ratio
January
1970 1,106 28,721 107 26.0 955 16,831 17.6
1971 1,244 32,671 100 26.3 857 13,207 15.4
1972 1,285 32,514 92 25.3 855 13,392 15.7
1973 1,332 32,697 125 24.6 912 13,563 14.9
1974 1,338 32,704 124 24.5 996 15,928 16.0
1975‡ 4,544 113,043 599 24.9 4,405 76,271 17.3
* Part-time pupils have been counted as 0.5 pupil.
† All teachers in 1970; qualified teachers only from 1971. The numbers for each year include the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers.
‡ Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent).

Note: The introduction of middle deemed primary schools covering some pupils of secondary age, led to a break in statistical comparability between 1970 and 1971.