§ 43. Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current pupil-teacher ratio in Cambridgeshire ; and what is that ratio (a) in East Anglia, and (b) in the rest of England.
§ Dr. Boyson: The overall pupil-teacher ratios for maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in January 1979, the latest date for which actual ratios are available, were 19.1:1 for Cambridgeshire, 19.5:1 for East Anglia and 18.9:1 for England. For England, the estimated ratio for January 1980 is 18.7:1.
§ 55. Mr. van Straubenzeeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the pupil-teacher ratio in secondary and primary schools, respectively, in England and Wales for the academic year 1979–80; and what his forecast is for 1980–81.
§ Dr. Boyson: The only estimates available for 1979–80 and 1980–81 are of the overall pupil-teacher ratios for maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools combined. These ratios are expected to be 18.7:1 and 18.8:1 respectively in 1979–80 and 1980–81 compared with 18.9:1 in 1978–79, the latest year for which full information is available. In 1978–79 the 116W separate ratios for qualified teachers only within primary and in secondary schools in that year were 23.1:1 and 16.7:1. These ratios are for England. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.