§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures in the Official Report to show, as at September 1983, the pupil-teacher ratio in state schools in Scotland for (a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools; and if he will compare these with the figures as at September 1982.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is as follows:
Pupil-teacher Ratios in Education Authority Schools Year Nursery Primary Secondary 1982 25.2 20.4 14.3 *1983 25.4 20.3 14.0 . The figures for 1983 are provisional