HC Deb 18 June 2002 vol 387 cc300-1W
Mr. Woodward

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pupil-teacher ratio was within maintained(a) nursery schools, (b) primary schools and (c) secondary schools in (i) St. Helens South constituency, (ii) St. Helens metropolitan borough council area, (iii) Liverpool, (iv) Manchester, (v) the north-west, (vi) the south-east, (vii) England and (viii) Scotland in (1) 1991, (2) 1997, (3) 1998, (4) 1999, (5) 2000, (6) 2001 and (7) the quarter to March 2002. [50007]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

[holding answer 24 April 20021: The available information is shown in the table.