Pupil Teacher Ratio

HC Deb 27 October 1986 vol 103 c5W

Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state, for the United Kingdom, England and Wales, the south-west standard region, and Cornwall, the average teacher-pupil ratio in both primary and secondary schools and the average amount spent per

Pupil teacher ratios within schools
	January 1986	January 1979
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
England	22.1	15.9	23.1	16.7
South West	23.6	16.8	24.0	17.5
Cornwall	23.5	16.6	24.2	16.8

Net institutional expenditure per pupil (£ in 1984–85 real terms)1
	1984–85	1978–79
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
England	760	1,085	650	945
South West	695	1,000	605	880
Cornwall	670	965	575	875
1 The cash figures for 1978–79 have been repriced to 1984–85 using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.