HC Deb 10 December 1993 vol 234 c372W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the number of primary school children in(a) January 1992 and (b) January 1993, being taught: in classes of more than 30; and what was the percentage change.

Mr. Robin Squire

In January 1992 there were 1,075,000 pupils in classes of more than 30 in maintained primary schools in England compared with 1,142,000—provisional—in January 1993, a rise of 6 per cent.