§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is his estimate of the cost of introducing a maximum class size of(a) 30 pupils, (b) 28 pupils and (c) 25 pupils for (i) Key Stage 1, (ii) Key Stage 2, (iii) Key Stage 3 and (iv) Key Stage 4. [108866]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisWe have made available £620 million to reduce Key Stage 1 class sizes to 30 by September 2001.
We have estimated that the cost of reducing class sizes to 25 for all primary school children would be around £3 billion.
We have not made any other estimates of the costs which the hon. Member asks about.