HC Deb 01 February 1988 vol 126 c441W
Mr. Ronnie Campbell

To 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 Northumberland for each year since 1979.

Mr. Dunn

The number of pupils on roll and the pupil-teacher ratio in maintained primary schools in Northumberland each year since 1979 were as follows:

January each year Pupils1 Pupil-teacher ratio
1979 21,652 23.4
1980 21,167 23.1
1981 20,147 23.5
1982 18,649 23.4
1983 18,249 230
1984 18,528 23.3
1985 18,720 23.3
1986 18,938 23.3
1987 19,244 23.1
1 Full-time equivalent pupils. Part-time pupils counted as 0.5.