§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils in(a) maintained secondary schools and (b) maintained primary schools in (i) England and (ii) Wales were in single teacher classes of 40 or more pupils (A) in January 1999 and (B) in each of the six previous years. [80686]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 15 April 1999]: The available information is shown in the following table.
Information on class sizes in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Numbers of pupils in classes of 41 or more taught by one teacher in maintained primary and secondary schools in England: 1993–991 Position as at January Year Primary schools secondary schools 1999 15,223 1,451 1998 17,565 1,630 1997 8,813 470 1996 9,435 816 1995 9,798 1,234 1994 4,697 881 1993 8,918 2,546 1Provisional