§ Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) primary school and (b) secondary school pupils are estimated to be in classes of 30 or more pupils for each year from 1990–91 to 2000–01; and if he will make a statement. [107790]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe available information is shown in the table.
Information on class sizes in January is currently being collected for the year 1999–2000 and provisional estimates will be published in a Statistical First Release in April 2000. Figures for the year 2000–01 will not be collected until the next Annual census exercise is undertaken in January 2001.