§ Miss MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the total number of pupils on school rolls and the pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary schools in Cleveland for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. DunnThe number of pupils on roll and the pupil-teacher ratio in maintained primary schools in Cleveland each year since 1979 were as follows:
January each year Pupils1 Pupil-teacher ratio 1979 65,386 23.4 1980 62,770 23.1 1981 60,446 23.1 1982 57,321 22.4 1983 54,395 21.8 1984 53,505 22.1 1985 53,106 22.2 1986 53,270 22.3 1987 53,755 22.1 1 Full-time equivalent pupils. Part-time pupils counted as 0.5.