§ Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teachers local education authorities employed in January 1983; and what is his estimate of the pupil to teacher ratio.
§ Sir Keith JosephIn January 1983 local education authorities in England employed the full-time equivalent of 414,600 teachers for service in nursery, primary and secondary schools. On the basis of projected pupil numbers I estimate that the overall ratio of pupils to teachers was 18.1:1.