§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will state for the United Kingdom, the south-west standard region, and Cornwall, the average teacher pupil ratio in both the primary and secondary schools and the average amount spent per pupil in respect of providing this education in the primary and secondary sectors.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonPupil-teacher ratios within schools in the public sector at January 1977, the latest available information, are as follows:
Primary Secondary Cornwall 25.1 17.3 South Wales Region 24.5 17.6 England and Wales 23.8 17.0 United Kingdom 23.7 16.8 My Department does not prepare figures of per capita expenditure on education for each local education authority, but certain analyses of their estimates and expenditure on primary and secondary
Allocation (£000s) Number of places Number of units Location of units 1976–77 … 47 52 2 Biscovey Infants School. Trewirgie Infants School, Redruth. 1977–78 … 26 26 1 St. Martin's C. of E. Primary School, Liskeard 1978–79 … 47 52 2 Penzance R.C. Primary School. Indian Queens Primary School.