HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 c681W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the change in pupil-teacher ratios in the north-west since 1979.

Mr. Butcher

The pupil-teacher ratios in maintained primary and secondary schools in the north-west in 1979 and 1988 were as follows:

January each year 1979 1988 Percentage change
Primary 23.6 22.5 -4.7
Secondary 16.4 15.0 -8.5