§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of proposals to alter the level of public expenditure and his intention to maintain the current staffing standards, he means actual standards at present attained.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe expenditure forecasts in the White Paper "Public Expenditure to 1979–80" (Cmnd 6393) provide for staffing in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales to be maintained at the respective standards achieved nationally in the school year 1975–76.
§ Mr. Roderickasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the findings of the questionnaire on school staffing he sent to the chief education officers on 2nd April 1976; and, if he has not received all the replies, if he will publish the results which he has so far.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe letter sent to chief education officers on 2nd April asked how many teachers each individual authority would need to employ in January 1977 to maintain staffing ratios at the levels achieved in the school year 1975–76. The replies, which have not yet been fully analysed, indicate that authorities collectively would need to employ about 459,000 teachers for this purpose.