HC Deb 25 July 1979 vol 971 cc275-6W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the pupil-teacher ratio—for the latest date available—for each local education authority in England and Wales.

Dr. Boyson

The latest available information, for January 1978, about pupil-teacher ratios within maintained primary and secondary schools for English local education authorities is published inStatistical Bulletin 7/78, copies of which are available in the Library. Statistical information for schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.