Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the current staff-pupil ratios in special schools for mentally handicapped children in the United Kingdom.
§ Dr. BoysonIn January 1979, the latest date for which information is available, the ratio of pupils to teaching staff in maintained special schools for educationally subnormal children in England was 8–5: 1. The comparable ratio taking account of both teaching and child care staff was 6–0: 1. Statistical information for schools in the other three countries comprising the United Kingdom is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.