§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish an updated version, so far as is possible, of table 4 of the Department's annual report for 1979.
Percentage of maintained primary and secondary school classes with 31 or more pupils 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Primary schools Registered classes† 54.9 50.1 46.5 43.5 40.1 — — Taught Classes* — — — 36.5 33.3 28.5 24.7 Secondary schools Taught classes* 18.5 16.9 16.0 14.7 13.4 11.7 10.2 †Excluding middle schools deemed to be primary. * Including middle schools as deemed primary or secondary.