§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list for each local education authority the number of primary school pupils in class sizes of(a) 1 to 30, (b) 31 to 35, (c) 36 to 40 and (d) 41 and over in January 1992.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested for single-teacher classes in maintained primary schools in England is given in the table.
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Local education authority Classes of size 1 to 30 Classes of size 31 to 35 Classes of size 36 to 40 Classes of size 41 and over Kingston upon Thames 3,985 4,486 219 — Merton 9,669 1,726 113 43 Newham 19,159 1,000 38 256 Redbridge 6,512 8,331 145 — Richmond upon Thames 7,773 1,316 37 — Sutton 7,102 3,359 181 — Waltham Forest 13,450 2,763 154 41 Birmingham 71,712 22,873 868 — Coventry 20,086 5,253 505 — Dudley 16,571 3,852 116 479 Sandwell 17,176 7,549 917 105 Solihull 11,951 4,637 396 44 Walsall 16,548 3,606 561 146 Wolverhampton 17,206 2,491 192 82 Knowsley 11,606 3,568 301 238 Liverpool 35,624 9,939 511 155 St. Helens 9,717 4,467 633 — Sefton 16,343 7,586 441 — Wirral 23,840 3,170 144 — Bolton 13,381 6,879 992 398 Bury 9,606 4,792 521 — Manchester 31,572 6,933 678 750 Oldham 11,617 7,136 667 135 Rochdale 10,848 5,969 402 — Salford 16,199 4,470 191 277 Stockport 16,815 5,722 930 83 Tameside 12,096 7,702 365 — Trafford 9,179 6,661 987 681 Wigan 16,198 6,905 1,692 87 Barnsley 16,099 3,099 258 125 Doncaster 19,539 5,611 799 47 Rotherham 19,272 2,362 197 411 Sheffield 33,145 4,412 1,497 — Bradford 25,451 3,506 73 — Calderdale 12,854 3,763 151 — Kirklees 22,097 6,648 613 172 Leeds 31,747 8,962 2,179 476 Wakefield 16,622 7,130 1,192 — Gateshead 14,919 963 77 54 Newcastle upon Tyne 14,379 4,593 535 112 North Tyneside 11,550 2,478 115 335 South Tyneside 11,972 1,940 146 53 Sunderland 21,534 4,260 72 44 Isles of Scilly 134 31 — — Avon 51,121 19,247 1,050 — Bedfordshire 26,717 5,993 1,235 239 Berkshire 39,284 13,063 928 100 Buckinghamshire 38,580 15,001 1,690 450 Cambridgeshire 38,675 12,993 734 41 Cheshire 50,103 27,427 3,725 134 Cleveland 43,169 10,344 2,843 47 Cornwall 23,833 12,138 1,212 152 Cumbria 28,902 7,164 628 102 Derbyshire 47,649 22,117 2,376 86 Devon 52,754 18,191 1,887 152 Dorset 23,516 13,384 1,069 100 Durham 38,020 11,146 636 185 East Sussex 28,550 16,200 182 — Essex 88,141 27,344 330 — Gloucestershire 30,707 8,696 146 41 Hampshire 83,956 33,788 1,174 181 Hereford and Worcester 36,571 7,886 551 — Hertfordshire 53,524 17,985 437 — Humberside 56,244 13,976 2,368 260 Isle of Wight 5,281 1,251 74 152 Kent 79,897 35,803 887 227 Lancashire 67,412 38,148 6,256 244 Leicestershire 56,514 12,631 788 637 Lincolnshire 34,244 9,839 932 — Norfolk 46,131 9,902 225 41 North Yorkshire 41,502 10,693 553 — Northamptonshire 35,474 8,260 294 — Northumberland 11,964 5,565 1,051 94 Nottinghamshire 62,957 12,826 2,660 170 Oxfordshire 30,860 4,828 306 168 Shropshire 26,140 5,256 400 153 Somerset 22,436 9,290 365 —
Local education authority Classes of size 1 to 30 Classes of size 31 to 35 Classes of size 36 to 40 Classes of size 41 and over Staffordshire 61,668 18,441 1,938 446 Suffolk 33,850 4,712 116 50 Surrey 54,057 12,387 671 50 Warwickshire 26,308 11,817 1,005 — West Sussex 37,320 11,250 218 95 Wiltshire 32,664 7,993 405 — ENGLAND 2,720,594 822,481 68,133 11,286