§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current ratio of numbers of teaching staff to other employees in the State education system; and what was the ratio of numbers of teaching staff to other employees in the year 1966 in that system.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe ratio of teaching to non-teaching staff employed full-time by the education departments of local authorities in England and Wales is provisionally estimated at 2.3:1 for March 1976; the ratio for June 1966 was the same. The corresponding ratios for part-time staff were 0.3:1 and 0.5:1. A comparison in terms of full-time equivalents is not available. Non-teaching staff include school meals staff, cleaners, caretakers and laboratory technicians, as well as clerical and administrative staff.