§ Mr. Robin Cookasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table listing education authorities by teacher- pupil ratio in secondary schools, primary schools and overall for the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the teacher-pupil ratio in secondary schools, primary schools and overall of (a) all the councils under Conservative control and (b) all the councils under Labour control for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Dunn[pursuant to his reply, 21 April 1986, c. 2–6]: The headings to the tables given did not adequately explain the definitions used. In January 1985, the latest date for which information is available, the pupil-teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools, the overall pupil-teacher ratio for each local education authority, and an indication of the political control of each authority are given below:
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Pupil-teacher ratio in maintained primary schools Pupil-teacher ratio in maintained secondary schools Overall Pupil-teacher ratio Salford 21.3 15.0 16.9 Tameside 23.3 15.7 17.8 Wigan 21.2 15.1 16.9 Barnsley 21.1 16.2 17.2 Doncaster 21.2 16.4 17.7 Rotherham 21.6 16.5 18.1 Sheffield 20.0 15.4 17.0 Wakefield 21.7 17.0 18.5 Gateshead 19.2 15.4 16.3 Newcastle upon Tyne 19.3 14.4 15.7 North Tyneside 19.1 14.1 15.4 South Tyneside 20.8 14.6 16.1 Sunderland 21.9 15.9 17.7 Durham 22.0 16.8 18.5 Other authorities Brent 18.4 12.3 13.7 Richmond-upon-Thames 21.0 16.4 17.6 Waltham Forest 21.1 13.8 15.4 Birmingham 22.6 16.3 18.0 Dudley 23.2 15.6 18.3 Walsall 20.8 14.8 16.6 Liverpool 20.6 15.8 17.2 Bolton 23.9 15.8 18.1 Oldham 22.9 16.6 18.1 Rochdale 22.5 14.9 16.7 Stockport 23.2 16.2 18.3 Bradford 20.2 16.8 17.0 Calderdale 21.8 16.8 17.7 Kirklees 22.1 16.8 18.1 Leeds 22.5 16.3 17.7 Avon 24.1 16.6 18.7 Bedfordshire 23.1 17.3 18.2 Berkshire 23.2 16.0 17.8 Cambridgeshire 23.3 16.9 19.3 Cheshire 22.8 17.0 18.6 Cleveland 22.2 16.3 18.2 Cornwall 23.5 16.9 18.7 Cumbria 21.1 15.7 17.2 Derbyshire 22.4 16.8 18.3 Devon 23.7 16.8 18.8 Essex 23.9 17.0 19.0 Gloucestershire 23.1 16.8 19.0 Hampshire 24.1 17.2 19.6 Hertfordshire 22.2 16.0 17.8 Humberside 20.9 16.2 17.4 Isle of Wight 23.8 17.8 18.5 Lancashire 23.7 16.6 18.8 Leicestershire 22.9 16.1 17.8 North Yorkshire 22.0 16.6 18.0 Northamptonshire 22.2 16.3 17.7 Northumberland 23.3 16.9 18.6 Nottinghamshire 21.0 15.6 17.6 Oxfordshire 23.9 17.2 18.2 Shropshire 21.5 15.9 17.8 Somerset 24.2 17.6 19.2 Staffordshire 22.4 16.1 17.9 Warwickshire 22.6 16.9 18.7 Wiltshire 23.4 17.3 19.2 England 22.2 16.1 17.8