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Mrs. Margaret Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide information on the average size of teaching groups for the years S1 to S6 in the secondary school subjects: English, mathematics, science subjects, history, geography, modern studies, home economics, physical education, technical education and modern languages.
Mr. Lang
[holding answer 21 May 1990]: The information for session 1987–88 was published in SED statistical bulletin No. 14/C7/1989, a copy of which is in the Library. Information for session 1989–90 is not yet ready for publication and will be published later in the year.
| Thousand tonnes | |||||
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | |
| London (including Tilbury) | 0·2 | 0·3 | — | 0·2 | 1·5 |
| Folkestone | — | 0·1 | — | — | — |
| Southampton | 1·5 | 0·8 | 0·5 | 2·1 | 2·1 |
| Avonmouth | — | 0·1 | — | 0·4 | — |
| Newport, Gwent | 15·9 | — | — | — | — |
| Liverpool | — | — | — | — | 0·2 |
| Goole | 0·1 | — | — | — | 0·7 |
| Hull | 1·9 | 1·2 | — | 0·1 | — |
| River Trent | — | — | — | — | 0·7 |
| Immingham | 68·8 | 26·3 | 98·2 | 41·1 | 36·4 |
| Grimsby | — | — | — | — | 12·1 |
| Ipswich | — | — | — | 0·1 | — |
| Total | 88·4 | 28·8 | 98·8 | 43·9 | 53·9 |
| Thousand tonnes | |||||
| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 19891 | |
| London (including Tilbury) | 0·4 | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0·3 | 0·3 |
| Southampton | 2·2 | 2·2 | 2·0 | 4·2 | 6·4 |
| Swansea | — | — | — | — | 0·2 |
| Mostyn | — | — | — | — | 0·1 |
| Ellesmere Port | — | 1·1 | — | — | — |
| Liverpool | 0·5 | 2·7 | — | — | — |
| Grangemouth | — | — | 0·1 | 0·2 | — |
| Leith | — | 0·5 | — | — | — |
| Sunderland | — | — | — | 0·2 | — |
| Goole | 0·8 | — | — | — | — |
| Hull | 0·2 | 0·2 | 1·3 | 1·3 | 0·4 |
| Immingham | 63·4 | 75·7 | 57·8 | 18·2 | 6·8 |
| Grimsby | 7·9 | — | 1·4 | — | 0·5 |