HC Deb 16 June 1997 vol 296 cc62-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the pupil to teacher ratio in(a) infant and (b) primary schools in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1996; and if he will make a statement. [3598]

Mr. Hain

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Pupil teacher ratios, by type of LEA maintained primary school
Pupil teacher ratios1
Type of LEA maintained primary school 1979 1996
Infant 22.1 22.8
Junior with infant 21.4 22.4
Junior without infant 22.8 22.7
All primary 22.0 22.5

Note:

1The ratio, at January each year, of the total number of full-time equivalent pupils to the total number of full-time equivalent teachers within the schools.

Breed 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 11997
Aberdeen Angus 0 0 0 1 5 17 38 51 24 16 7 0
Aberdeen Angus x 0 0 3 7 19 46 127 164 140 63 39 6
Aberdeen Angus x Ayrshire 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0
Aberdeen Angus x Charolais 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Aberdeen Angus x Friesian 0 0 4 14 28 76 172 184 89 52 24 2
Aberdeen Angus x Holstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Aberdeen Angus x Jersey 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0
Aberdeen Angus x Limousin 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 2 7 1 0
Aberdeen Angus x Shorthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aberdeen Angus x Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ankole 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ayr x Charolais 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire 0 8 31 93 195 274 381 314 209 96 64 3
Ayrshire x 0 1 3 8 1 7 1 5 3 1 1 0
Ayrshire x Belgian Blue 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Blonde D'Aquitaine 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Galloway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Gelbvieh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Guernsey 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Limousin 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 1 1 0
Ayrshire x Red Friesian 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Shorthorn 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Simmenthal 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0
Ayrshire x Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ayrshire x Welsh Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bazadaise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Belgian Blue 0 0 0 0 4 6 17 27 19 6 5 0
Belgian Blue x 0 0 0 0 1 3 22 22 25 17 10 1
Belgian Blue x Aberdeen Angus 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Belgian Blue x Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Belgian Blue x Holstein 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
Belgian Blue x Shorthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Belted Galloway 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Black Hereford x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0
Black Limousin x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine 0 0 0 1 5 2 11 9 15 8 10 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 11 4 1
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Charolais 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Friesian 0 0 0 0 1 6 17 17 10 5 3 2
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Hereford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Holstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Limousin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Blonde D'Aquitaine x Lincoln Red 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Blue Grey 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 1 0
Blue Grey x 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Blue Roan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
British Shorthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
British White 0 0 0 0 8 27 4 2 1 1 0 1
British White x Aberdeen Angus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British White x Friesian 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0
British White x Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brown Swiss 0 0 2 1 2 5 4 6 4 0 9 1
Brown Swiss x 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 0
Brown Swiss x Friesian 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 6 9 6