§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average class size in secondary schools in the Leek parliamentary constituency; and how this figure compares with the figure for England and Wales.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonStatistics are are not compiled for individual parliamentary constituencies by my Department. In January 1976, the latest date for which information is available, the average size of a secondary class—as taught—in the county of Stafford as a 651W whole was 23.1 pupils. The corresponding figure for England and Wales was 22.5 pupils.