asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the pupil-teacher ratios for primary schools and secondary schools respectively in (a) the Inner London Education Authority area and (b) each of the outer London boroughs.

This information is collected by my Department as at January each year. Information for January 1977 is still being collected. Pupil-teacher ratios were published by my Department for each local education authority for 1976 on 16th December and are available in the Library.