Pupil Teacher Ratios

HC Deb 04 December 1997 vol 302 cc312-5W

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the local education authorities where the pupil teacher ratio in 1997 was below that in(a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) 1991 in maintained (i) nursery, (ii) primary and (iii) secondary schools. [18555]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 1 December 1997]: The available information is shown in the following table.

Pupil teacher ratios in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schoolsby local education authority area in England: 1974, 1979, 1991 and 1997
Position as at January
	1974	1979	1991	1997
	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary
Newham	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.4	16.1	23.4	24.7	15.1	218.2	224.3	16.3
Redbridge	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.1	17.1	n/ap	23.6	16.4	0.0	2. 322.9	316.5
Richmond upon Thames	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.2	17.0	14.8	20.9	15.7	18.9	321.7	17.0
Sutton	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.0	17.3	20.0	21.9	15.7	20.0	323.9	316.8
Waltham Forest	n/av	n/av	n/ay	n/av	22.4	14.7	18.4	22.2	14.3	218.3	2. 321.7	15.6
Birmingham	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.9	16.5	22.5	23.5	16.0	220.5	322.7	316.1
Coventry	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.7	16.0	20.6	22.7	14.2	217.5	23.6	16.6
Dudley	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	25.5	18.0	31.8	21.3	14.0	41.0	322.4	316.5
Sandwell	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.4	16.4	19.7	22.6	14.2	216.5	324.0	16.8
Solihull	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.5	16.4	n/ap	22.9	15.2	n/ap	24.0	16.8
Walsall	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.6	15.8	28.9	21.0	14.5	226.2	23.7	16.3
Wolverhampton	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.1	15.8	20.5	2.3	14.0	220.2	22.4	15.9
Knowsley	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	16.3	n/ap	22.1	15.0	n/ap	23.7	16.6
Liverpool	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.1	16.1	17.9	22.4	14.9	18.7	23.6	16.7
St. Helens	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.8	16.2	17.9	23.0	14.8	20.5	323.3	315.6
Sefton	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.6	17.3	21.2	23.0	15.9	218.9	323.2	316.3
Wirral	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	17.1	15.6	20.7	14.8	215.0	323.2	316.2
Bolton	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	25.2	16.5	21.8	21.7	14.5	216.6	323.1	16.8
Bury	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.5	16.5	21.0	22.5	15.5	216.3	24.2	17.2
Manchester	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.9	15.1	14.8	22.3	13.8	17.3	23.4	15.9
Oldham	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	25.2	17.6	n/ap	22.6	15.0	n/ap	324.4	316.0
Rochdale	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.9	15.4	20.6	23.6	15.2	21.3	24.7	16.7
Salford	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.5	16.2	22.4	22.3	13.7	24.4	24.0	16.4
Stockport	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	26.3	17.3	25.1	23.2	15.1	25.3	324.05	316.9
Tameside	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.1	16.5	13.0	23.0	15.3	17.2	25.4	17.8
Trafford	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.2	16.5	n/ap	23.9	15.1	n/ap	24.7	16.7
Wigan	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.6	16.1	15.2	22.7	14.6	20.5	23.1	316.0
Barnsley	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.6	16.8	22.4	23.1	16.0	222.3	25.5	17.8
Doncaster	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.2	16.6	n/ap	22.1	15.5	n/ap	24.4	16.6
Rotherham	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.0	17.4	19.4	21.6	14.6	20.0	24.0	317.2
Sheffield	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.8	16.4	16.9	22.0	14.8	2.1	23.3	17.3
Bradford	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	20.4	17.6	15.7	20.4	15.8	16.6	23.0	18.1
Calderdale	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.7	17.6	n/ap	22.7	15.5	n/ap	24.3	316.9
Kirklees	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.6	18.3	13.4	21.2	14.9	14.5	23.8	317.4
Leeds	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.6	17.8	18.9	20.7	15.3	6.5	324.1	316.9
Wakefield	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.3	18.0	16.4	22.8	15.7	17.7	24.4	316.9
Gateshead	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.2	16.5	18.3	21.0	14.9	19.8	22.3	316.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	18.7	14.7	17.3	20.8	14.7	22.8	23.9	16.8
North Tyneside	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.1	16.2	22.1	21.2	15.2	217.2	23.9	17.2
South Tyneside	flay	n/av	n/av	n/av	20.3	16.0	18.0	21.4	15.0	217.9	23.4	16.9
Sunderland	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.5	16.7	19.0	22.4	15.3	218.6	322.8	316.3
Isles of Scilly	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	15.3	11.3	n/ap	15.1	7.9	n/ap	16.9	39.3
Avon	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	17.0	18.5	22.4	16.0	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap
Bath and NE Somerset	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	4—	422.4	416.6
City of Bristol	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	419.5	423.0	415.6
NorthSomerset	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	4—	423,8	416.0
South Gloucestershire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	m/ap	n/ap	n/ap	419.3	424.2	416.7
Bedfordshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.6	17.3	17.4	21.6	16.8	19.0	23.3	17.8
Berkshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.8	16.8	17.3	23.4	15.7	217.3	323.5	316.6
Buckinghamshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	16.8	23.3	22.9	16.1	221.2	323.9	17.3
Cambridgeshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.3	16.7	18.5	23.0	16.1	19.1	24.4	17.4
Cheshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.5	17.0	21.4	24.2	16.4	24.2	223.8	17.0
Cleveland	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	18.4	18.3	23.4	14.9	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap
Hartlepool	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	417.3	425.2	417.1
Middlesborough	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	4n/ap	423.7	416.2
Redcar and Cleveland	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	4n/ap	424.3	417.2
Stockton on Tees	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	414.3	424.2	417.1
Cornwall	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	16.9	2.9	23.3	16.3	217.1	323.7	17.4
Cumbria	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.1	16.5	21.8	22.2	15.0	219.8	23.4	16.9
Derbyshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.7	17.5	18.5	21.7	14.1	218.0	25.9	317.4
Devon	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.3	17.9	26.8	22.7	16.1	39.6	324.1	317.1
Dorset	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.7	17.5	n/ap	22.9	16.4	n/ap	24.6	17.7
Durham	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.5	16.9	20.5	22.3	16.1	21.0	24.1	17.4
East Sussex	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	17.5	19.9	22.2	15.8	218.4	322.8	316.2
Essex	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.8	17.8	18.4	23.1	16.6	18.6	323.0	316.6
Gloucestershire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	17.4	n/ap	21.3	15.7	n/ap	23.6	317.3
Hampshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.6	17.4	13.4	22.8	15.8	212.5	323.0	316.6
Hereford and Worcester	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	17.7	n/ap	22.4	16.5	13.3	323.2	17.8
Hertfordshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.5	15.9	20.2	22.0	15.5	218.4	22.9	15.9
Humberside	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.1	16.8	23.0	22.6	15.7	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap

Pupil teacher ratios in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools by local education authority area in England: 1974, 1979, 1991 and 1997
Position as at January
	1974	1979	1991	1997
	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary	Nursery	Primary	Secondary
City of Kingston Upon Hull	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	421.0	425.5	418.2
East Riding of Yorkshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	421.4	425.5	417.0
North East Lincolnshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	420.8	425.0	417.9
North Lincolnshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	4n/ap	424.6	417.54
Isle of Wight	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.9	18.6	n/ap	22.8	16.9	n/ap	2.322.6	318.2
Kent	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.3	17.7	14.6	24.3	16.6	18.6	2.323.9	2.316.3
Lancashire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.7	16.6	18.6	23.1	15.7	217.9	324.4	16,7
Leicestershire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.3	16.4	22.9	22.9	15.0	22.9	23.5	17.2
Lincolnshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.7	17.0	22.2	23.5	16.2	219.9	23.9	2.315.9
Norfolk	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.8	17.6	17.9	22.1	15.4	19.1	322.3	315.7
North Yorkshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	22.5	17.1	22.2	22.4	15.3	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap
North Yorkshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	419.5	423.5	416.4
York	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	n/ap	426.8	424.3	416.3
Northamptonshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.4	17.0	20.7	22.6	16.3	218.6	323.5	316.8
Northumberland	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	17.5	25.5	23.5	16.7	28.3	24.5	18.6
Nottinghamshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.7	17.0	17.4	22.0	14.9	215.0	24.8	17.3
Oxfordshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.2	18.0	21.0	22.6	16.6	215.4	323.6	18.1
Shropshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.8	17.0	14.0	21.4	15.0	21.3	24.4	316.5
Somerset	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.6	18.6	n/ap	22.1	15.7	n/ap	323.5	318.0
Staffordshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.2	16.8	28.9	23.1	15.8	29.7	24.9	17.7
Suffolk	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.4	18.1	24.4	21.6	16.4	222.9	322.3	316.6
Surrey	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	21.9	16.8	13.8	21.3	15.1	14.2	22.3	16.9
Warwickshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.1	17.0	21.0	21.7	15.5	21.1	24.5	17.4
West Sussex	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	24.3	18.5	21.5	22.1	16.2	216.0	322.7	316.8
Wiltshire	n/av	n/av	n/av	n/av	23.9	17.7	n/ap	21.9	15.5	n/ap	323.5	317.0
England	22.5	24.9	17.6	20.2	23.1	16.8	19.1	22.2	15.6	2.318.9	34.5	316.7
n/ap = not applicable.
n/av = not available.
1 No comparable data for ILEA.
2 Lower than 1991.
3 Lower than 1979.
4 No comparable data for the new unitary authorities