HC Deb 15 December 1980 vol 996 cc6-7W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table indicating for each local education authority in Wales, the ratio of pupils to teachers in primary schools and in secondary schools, respectively, for the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Roberts

The information, which relates to January 1980, is as follows:

Pupil/teacher ratios within schools
Maintained Schools Primary Secondary
Clwyd 23.1 17.0
Dyfed 18.4 16.8
Gwent 22.8 16.1
Gwynedd 20.5 16.2
Mid Glamorgan 23.6 16.8
Powys 18.7 16.0
South Glamorgan 23.2 16.8
West Glamorgan 21.1 16.4