§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the average pupil-teacher ratios in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each shire county education authority and the average for all shire counties in 1984–85 and the latest year for which information is available.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe average pupil-teacher ratios in(a) primary and (b) secondary schools for each shire county local education authority and the average for all shire counties in 1984–85 and 1986–87 (the latest year for which information is available) are as follows:
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Pupil-teacher ratio Primary schools Secondary schools January January January January 1984 1987 1984 1987 Avon 23.9 24.1 16.4 16.4 Bedfordshire 23.3 22.0 17.5 17.1 Berkshire 23.0 23.6 16.2 16.0 Buckinghamshire 24.3 24.4 16.5 16.1 Cambridgeshire 23.6 23.2 16.8 16.2 Cheshire 22.7 23.2 16.9 16.7 Cleveland 22.1 22.1 16.2 15.5 Cornwall 23.7 23.2 16.9 16.5 Cumbria 21.2 21.2 15.9 15.2
Primary schools Secondary schools January January January January 1984 1987 1984 1987 Derbyshire 22.2 21.3 16.9 15.5 Devon 23.6 22.6 16.9 16.5 Dorset 23.5 22.9 17.1 16.5 Durham 21.7 22.1 16.8 16.7 East Sussex 22.1 22.4 17.1 16.4 Essex 24.1 23.1 17.1 16.8 Gloucestershire 22.9 22.4 17.0 16.1 Hampshire 24.0 23.3 17.1 16.5 Hereford and Worcester 25.1 24.1 17.5 16.8 Hertfordshire 22.4 21.8 16.1 15.5 Humberside 20.9 21.4 16.2 15.6 Isle of Wight 23.6 23.5 18.0 17.1 Kent 23.9 24.0 17.1 16.6 Lancashire 23.2 23.6 16.4 15.9 Leicestershire 22.5 22.9 16.0 15.5 Lincolnshire 24.1 24.0 17.0 16.6 Norfolk 22.3 22.4 16.6 16.2 North Yorkshire 21.8 21.9 16.4 16.3 Northamptonshire 22.1 22.7 16.5 16.3 Northumberland 23.3 23.1 17.4 16.3 Nottinghamshire 21.1 20.7 15.8 15.1 Oxfordshire 23.9 23.0 17.2 16.5 Salop 21.6 21.3 16.2 15.5 Somerset 23.8 22.9 17.6 16.7 Staffordshire 22.3 22.9 16.3 16.5 Suffolk 22.1 22.5 16.9 16.8 Surrey 22.5 21.3 16.4 15.8 Warwickshire 22.5 21.7 17.1 16.5 West Sussex 23.3 22.8 17.0 16.4 Wiltshire 23.5 22.8 17.0 16.7 Non-Metropolitan Counties 22.9 22.6 16.7 16.2