HC Deb 25 February 1992 vol 204 cc462-3W
24. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the pupil-teacher ratio in 1991; and what was the figure in 1979.

Mr. Fallon

The overall pupil-teacher ratios in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England in January 1991 and January 1979 were 17.20 and 18.95 respectively.