Pupil-teacher Ratios

HC Deb 24 January 1989 vol 145 cc480-1W

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing pupil-teacher ratios in schools in each Welsh local education authority by type of school for the latest available date for which such information is available; and if he will give the figures for the previous 10 years.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Pupil-teacher ratios within maintained schools are shown by type of school in the following tables:

Welsh counties	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88
Gwynedd	7.7	6.9	7.7	7.8	27.7	7.6	7.0	6.6	6.9	7.3	7.3
Mid Glamorgan	10.2	7.8	7.9	8.1	8.5	8.6	28.4	8.0	7.9	7.1	7.4
Powys	7.6	7.2	7.3	6.5	5.9	6.5	6.5	6.3	5.7	6.1	6.0
South Glamorgan	7.4	7.0	7.0	7.2	7.0	6.7	6.5	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.2
West Glamorgan	7.3	7.0	7.3	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.2	6.9	6.2	6.1	5.9
1 At January for each academic year.
2 Estimated figure.