asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish figures in the Official Report showing the pupil-teacher ratios for each of the education authorities within the Greater Manchester area for primary and secondary schools, and for primary and secondary schools in educational priority areas for the most recent

	January 1976		January 1977		January 1978
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
Bolton	25·7	16·8	26·1	17·0	25·7	16·9
Bury	24·4	17·2	24·1	17·0	24·0	16·7
Manchester	23·6	16·1	23·7	15·9	23·5	15·6
Oldham	24·8	17·0	25·6	17·7	26·0	17·8
Rochdale	24·4	16·0*	24·4	15·9*	23·7	15·7*
Salford	25·7	16·7	25·4	16·6	24·4	16·1
Stockport	27·0	17·1	26·9	17·2	26·9	17·2
Tameside	24·4	16·9	24·2	16·5	24·5	16·8
Trafford	23·1	17·0	22·0	16·7	22·0	16·7
Wigan	24·5	16·6*	24·2	16·5*†	23·6	16·2*†
* Including middle schools deemed secondary schools.
† Excluding tertiary colleges.

Statistics for areas smaller than local education authorities are not normally compiled by my Department and figures are not, therefore, available for educational priority areas.