§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales what change has occurred in the staff-pupil ratios in primary and secondary schools in Wales during the past five years; and what further changes he envisages during the next five years.
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§ Mr. Barry JonesThe pupil-teacher ratios for maintained primary and secondary schools in Wales for each of the last five years are as follows:
Academic year Maintained primary schools Maintained secondary schools 1971–72 … 24.5 18.0 1972–73 … 24.2 17.6 1973–74 … 23.8 17.6 1974–75 … 23.1 17.3 1975–76 … 22.8 17.1 As the White Paper on public expenditure—Cmnd. 6393—makes clear, provision has been made to 1979–80 in Wales for staffing at the standard achieved this year.