HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 cc271-2W
22. Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make it her policy to reduce primary school class sizes. [2092]

Mr. Robin Squire

It is the Government's policy to allow local authorities to determine the distribution of available resources between their primary and secondary schools; and to allow governors and head teachers to manage the distribution among classes of pupils, teachers and support staff.