Primary School Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the number and percentage of pupils in maintained primary school classes of 31 or more in each year from 1991 and what figures are available for 1996 showing the percentage change between 1995 and 1996 (a) by each local education authority in England, (b) by region and (c) in total. [40148]

The information is shown in the following tables:

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 31 or more in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area and region in England: 1991–96 (provisional)
Position in January each year 1991
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	220	2.8
Greenwich	1,216	7.2
Hackney	341	3.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	354	5.2
Islington	315	2.8
Kensington and Chelsea	187	4.0
Lambeth	368	2.4
Lewisham	698	4.2
Southwark	1,389	8.7
Tower Hamlets	487	4.2
Wandsworth	373	2.9
Westminster	218	3.5
Barking	1,136	8.5
Barnet	1,711	8.9
Bexley	4,361	26.4
Brent	1,544	8.8
Bromley	6,133	32.3
Croydon	2,875	13.3
Ealing	3,277	15.3
Enfield	4,652	25.9
Haringey	528	3.3
Harrow	4,320	28.7
Havering	3,423	19.1
Hillingdon	4,072	24.3
Hounslow	5,024	33.5
Kingston upon Thames	3,439	42.4
Merton	1,540	14.7
Newham	2,263	11.4
Redbridge	8,333	56.4
Richmond upon Thames	1,798	20.3
Sutton	3,731	35.3
Waltham Forest	3,283	20.3
Birmingham	26,754	28.3
Coventry	5,454	21.3
Dudley	6,732	29.8
Sandwell	8,800	34.4
Solihull	4,998	29.3
Walsall	3,713	18.2
Wolverhampton	3,565	17.9
Knowsley	3,593	22.9
Liverpool	8,471	18.5
St. Helens	4,836	32.4
Sefton	7,831	33.1
Wirral	2,295	8.8
Bolton	8,594	40.3
Bury	4,941	34.7
Manchester	9,484	23.6
Oldham	8,187	41.2
Rochdale	6,889	39.0
Salford	4,210	20.0
Stockport	6,573	28.6
Tameside	8,128	41.9
Trafford	7,430	43.4
Wigan	10,066	40.4
Barnsley	3,266	16.9
Doncaster	4,509	17.8
Rotherham	2,334	10.4
Sheffield	6,647	17.3
Bradford	3,383	11.4
Calderdale	5,103	31
Kirklees	7,897	26.6
Leeds	10,247	24.1
Wakefield	8,058	32.9
Gateshead	1,311	8.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	5,040	27.1
North Tyneside	1,527	10.8
South Tyneside	1,906	13.8

Numbers and percentages of pupils in classes of 31 or more in maintained primary schools in each local education authority area and region in England: 1991–96 (provisional)
Position in January each year
	1991
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Sunderland	4,716	17.9
Isles of Scilly	0	0.0
Avon	21,212	30.0
Bedfordshire	9,406	27.9
Berkshire	16,930	32.2
Buckinghamshire	17,251	31.8
Cambridgeshire	13,596	26.3
Cheshire	35,447	43.6
Cleveland	12,897	23.6
Cornwall	11,984	32.4
Cumbria	6,895	18.7
Derbyshire	20,325	28.3
Devon	19,509	27.0
Dorset	13,959	37.8
Durham	12,995	26.3
East Sussex	14,944	33.5
Essex	29,219	25.4
Gloucestershire	8,424	21.9
Hampshire	39,623	33.5
Hereford and Worcester	9,988	22.5
Hertfordshire	17,022	24.1
Humberside	16,528	22.8
Isle of Wight	1,637	25.0
Kent	41,865	36.1
Lancashire	45,822	40.7
Leicestershire	16,990	24.2
Lincolnshire	13,517	29.7
Norfolk	11,081	19.6
North Yorkshire	11,975	23.0
Northamptonshire	9,408	21.6
Northumberland	7,600	41.2
Nottinghamshire	13,213	17.0
Oxfordshire	6,433	18.0
Shropshire	6,630	21.2
Somerset	9,813	31.1
Staffordshire	18,648	23.1
Suffolk	5,245	13.6
Surrey	12,605	18.9
Warwickshire	10,801	28.4
West Sussex	10,088	21.5
Wiltshire	8,596	21.3
By region
North	54,887	22.1
North-west	182,797	33.9
East Anglia	29,922	20.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	79,947	21.4
West Midlands	106,083	25.3
East Midlands	73,453	23.8
Greater London	73,609	16.2
Other South-east	217,023	28.5
South-west	93,497	28.6
England	911,218	25.5

(1) Pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3.

Position in January each year
	1992
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	541	6.5
Greenwich	1,305	7.8
Hackney	219	1.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	649	9.4
Islington	756	6.6
Kensington and Chelsea	130	2.7
Lambeth	630	4.0
Lewisham	2,017	11.4
Southwark	1,403	8.4
Tower Hamlets	596	4.9
Wandsworth	818	6.1
Westminster	292	4.3
Barking	1,531	11.1
Barnet	1,986	10.1
Bexley	5,021	29.8
Brent	1,450	8.3
Bromley	6,417	33.1
Croydon	3,553	16.4
Ealing	3,370	15.3
Enfield	5,185	27.5
Haringey	481	2.9
Harrow	4,140	27.1
Havering	2,585	14.5
Hillingdon	4,745	27.8
Hounslow	5,434	35.3
Kingston upon Thames	4,705	54.1
Merton	1,882	16.3
Newham	1,294	6.3
Redbridge	8,476	56.6
Richmond upon Thames	1,353	14.8
Sutton	3,540	33.3
Waltham Forest	2,958	18.0
Birmingham	23,741	24.9
Coventry	5,758	22.3
Dudley	4,447	21.2
Sand well	8,571	33.3
Solihull	5,077	29.8
Walsall	4,313	20.7
Wolverhampton	2,765	13.8
Knowsley	4,107	26.1
Liverpool	10,605	22.9
St. Helens	5,100	34.4
Sefton	8,027	32.9
Wirral	3,314	12.2
Bolton	8,269	38.2
Bury	5,313	35.6
Manchester	8,361	20.9
Oldham	7,938	40.6
Rochdale	8,371	37.0
Salford	4,938	23.4
Stockport	6,735	28.6
Tameside	8,067	40
Trafford	8,329	47.6
Wigan	8,684	34.9
Barnsley	3,482	17.8
Doncaster	6,457	24.8
Rotherham	2,970	13.4
Sheffield	5,909	15.1
Bradford	3,579	12.3
Calderdale	3,914	23.3
Kirklees	7,433	25.2
Leeds	11,617	26.8
Wakefield	8,322	33.4
Gateshead	1,094	6.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	5,240	26.7
North Tyneside	2,928	20.2
South Tyneside	2,139	15.2
Sunderland	4,376	16.9
Isles of Scilly	31	18.8
Avon	20,297	28.4

Position in January each year
	1992
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Bedfordshire	7,467	21.8
Berkshire	14,091	26.4
Buckinghamshire	17,304	30.9
Cambridgeshire	13,893	26.4
Cheshire	31,286	38.4
Cleveland	13,234	23.5
Cornwall	13,502	36.2
Cumbria	7,894	21.5
Derbyshire	24,579	34.0
Devon	20,230	27.8
Dorset	14,553	38.2
Durham	11,967	23.9
East Sussex	16,382	36.5
Essex	27,674	23.9
Gloucestershire	8,883	22.4
Hampshire	35,143	29.5
Hereford and Worcester	8,437	18.7
Hertfordshire	18,517	25.7
Humberside	16,604	22.8
Isle of Wight	1,477	21.9
Kent	36,948	31.5
Lancashire	44,711	39.8
Leicestershire	14,056	19.9
Lincolnshire	10,999	24.1
Norfolk	10,271	18.0
North Yorkshire	11,246	21.3
Northamptonshire	8,648	19.5
Northumberland	6,710	35.9
Nottinghamshire	15,656	19.9
Oxfordshire	5,302	14.7
Shropshire	5,809	18.2
Somerset	9,655	30.1
Staffordshire	20,825	25.2
Suffolk	4,878	12.6
Surrey	13,108	19.5
Warwickshire	12,822	32.8
West Sussex	11,563	23.7
Wiltshire	8,398	20.5
By region
North	55,582	22.1
North-west	180,155	33.2
East Anglia	29,042	19.6
Yorkshire and Humberside	81,533	21.7
West Midlands	102,565	24.2
East Midlands	73,938	23.7
Greater London	79,462	17.1
Other South-east	204,976	26.6
South-west	95,549	28.7
England	902,802	24.9
¹ Change in number of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1995.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3.

	Position in January each year
	1993
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	452	5.4
Greenwich	1,837	10.8
Hackney	656	5.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	719	10.0
Islington	673	5.5
Kensington and Chelsea	159	3.3
Lambeth	762	4.8
Lewisham	1,706	9.8

Position in January each year
	1993
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Southwark	1,894	10.8
Tower Hamlets	619	4.6
Wandsworth	1,572	11.1
Westminster	391	6.1
Barking	1,021	7.3
Barnet	2,028	10.1
Bexley	5,450	30.9
Brent	2,145	11.7
Bromley	7,461	37.8
Croydon	4,022	17.4
Ealing	4,261	19.2
Enfield	6,081	31.6
Haringey	631	3..8
Harrow	3,740	24.2
Havering	3,881	21.1
Hillingdon	4,942	28.7
Hounslow	4,528	29.4
Kingston upon Thames	5,203	55.9
Merton	2,499	21.1
Newham	1,872	8.8
Redbridge	8,754	55.1
Richmond upon Thames	1,617	16.7
Sutton	4,566	40.5
Waltham Forest	3,766	22.3
Birmingham	26,985	28.0
Coventry	5,446	22.0
Dudley	4,751	21.4
Sandwell	9,243	34.8
Solihull	5,399	31.1
Walsall	5,997	27.5
Wolverhampton	4,731	22.1
Knowsley	5,013	30.7
Liverpool	11,104	23.7
St. Helens	4,305	29.2
Sefton	7,984	33.2
Wirral	4,726	16.9
Bolton	8,684	40.0
Bury	5,458	37.1
Manchester	10,107	24.6
Oldham	8,673	41.6
Rochdale	8,651	47.2
Salford	5,623	25.6
Stockport	7,624	31.7
Tameside	9,739	47.4
Trafford	8,618	49.1
Wigan	9,018	36.2
Barnsley	4,094	20.7
Doncaster	6,006	22.8
Rotherham	2,198	10.0
Sheffield	7,855	21.1
Bradford	5,943	19.2
Calderdale	4,672	26.7
Kirklees	7,804	26.5
Leeds	15,309	28.2
Wakefield	8,536	33.6
Gateshead	1,986	12.3
Newcastle upon Tyne	5,927	29.6
North Tyneside	2,962	20.2
South Tyneside	3,023	21.0
Sunderland	3,878	15.0
Isles of Scilly	0	0.0
Avon	22,884	31.0
Bedfordshire	8,541	24.0
Berkshire	14,671	27.0
Buckinghamshire	17,283	30.6
Cambridgeshire	13,912	26.2
Cheshire	30,297	36.9
Cleveland	13,649	23.7
Cornwall	13,492	35.7
Cumbria	9,232	24.2
Derbyshire	27,385	36.8

Position in January each year
	1993
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Devon	20,804	27.5
Dorset	16,522	41.5
Durham	14,038	27.8
East Sussex	16,939	37.3
Essex	28,575	24.5
Gloucestershire	9,272	22.6
Hampshire	35,902	29.6
Hereford and Worcester	8,887	19.6
Hertfordshire	18,667	25.2
Humberside	20,519	27.4
Isle of Wight	1,856	26.9
Kent	38,705	32.0
Lancashire	43,818	38.2
Leicestershire	15,963	22.3
Lincolnshire	11,649	25.1
Norfolk	11,083	19.1
North Yorkshire	12,118	22.4
Northamptonshire	8,419	18.7
Northumberland	6,461	34.2
Nottinghamshire	18,878	23.6
Oxfordshire	5,494	15.1
Shropshire	7,164	21.9
Somerset	10,336	31.4
Staffordshire	30,794	35.7
Suffolk	5,046	12.6
Surrey	15,438	22.0
Warwickshire	13,002	31.9
West Sussex	9,108	18.6
Wiltshire	11,151	24.9
By region
North	61,156	23.9
North-west	189,442	34.3
East Anglia	30,041	19.9
Yorkshire and Humberside	95,054	24.2
West Midlands	122,399	28.1
East Midlands	82,294	25.9
Greater London	89,908	18.7
Other South-east	211,179	26.8
South-west	104,461	30.2
England	985,934	26.5
¹ Pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more expressed as a percentage of all pupils in single teacher classes.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3.

Position in January each year
	1994
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	542	6.1
Greenwich	2,301	13.3
Hackney	499	3.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	795	11.1
Islington	892	6.9
Kensington and Chelsea	454	9.0
Lambeth	816	5.2
Lewisham	1,318	7.2
Southwark	2,331	12.3
Tower Hamlets	638	4.9
Wandsworth	1,666	11.8
Westminster	428	5.9
Barking	1,415	9.9
Barnet	2,434	11.6
Bexley	5,910	32.0
Brent	2,157	11.4
Bromley	10,385	47.5
Croydon	4,896	20.5

Position in January each year
	1994
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Ealing	4,146	20.3
Enfield	7,237	35.4
Haringey	732	4.3
Harrow	3,544	22.6
Havering	4,176	22.1
Hillingdon	4,896	27.5
Hounslow	5,319	33.5
Kingston upon Thames	5,484	57.9
Merton	3,114	25.3
Newham	1,317	6.0
Redbridge	8,456	52.8
Richmond upon Thames	1,134	11.4
Sutton	4,696	40.1
Waltham Forest	3,200	18.4
Birmingham	27,164	28.4
Coventry	5,541	21.9
Dudley	7,497	31.1
Sandwell	10,175	37.5
Solihull	6,711	36.9
Walsall	5,577	25.1
Wolverhampton	5,155	24.1
Knowsley	5,915	34.8
Liverpool	12,620	26.6
St. Helens	5,437	37.5
Sefton	8,258	33.7
Wirral	5,928	20.4
Bolton	9,046	41.0
Bury	6,239	40.0
Manchester	9,619	23.4
Oldham	8,617	41.1
Rochdale	8,020	43.8
Salford	6,817	30.6
Stockport	8,179	33.8
Tameside	12,079	56.4
Trafford	9,151	49.6
Wigan	9,997	38.2
Barnsley	5,656	28.3
Doncaster	7,548	28.4
Rotherham	2,569	11.5
Sheffield	8,281	21.9
Bradford	8,781	27.3
Calderdale	5,268	30.1
Kirklees	9,372	29.9
Leeds	19,405	32.7
Wakefield	9,996	37.0
Gateshead	1,862	11.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	5,843	28.5
North Tyneside	3,905	26.0
South Tyneside	3,456	23.9
Sunderland	4,244	16.2
Isles of Scilly	31	18.5
Avon	26,753	35.5
Bedfordshire	9,064	24.4
Berkshire	16,290	28.9
Buckinghamshire	19.072	33.3
Cambridgeshire	15,079	27.2
Cheshire	30,193	36.2
Cleveland	13,386	23.2
Cornwall	13,441	35.1
Cumbria	9,385	24.2
Derbyshire	29,982	39.9
Devon	21,175	27.3
Dorset	18,142	44.0
Durham	15,012	28.9
East Sussex	18,297	40.7
Essex	30,729	25.8
Gloucestershire	11,123	26.5
Hampshire	44,304	34.2
Hereford and Worcester	9,910	21.1
Hertfordshire	21.344	27.7
Humberside	25,914	33.4

Position in January each year
	1994
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Isle of Wight	1,862	26.6
Kent	41,570	33.6
Lancashire	45,112	38.5
Leicestershire	14,433	20.2
Lincolnshire	12,642	26.6
Norfolk	11,175	19.5
North Yorkshire	13,702	24.8
Northamptonshire	9,590	20.6
Northumberland	7,901	41.4
Nottinghamshire	19,947	24.2
Oxfordshire	5,850	15.3
Shropshire	9,085	27.2
Somerset	10,476	30.1
Staffordshire	30,738	35.3
Suffolk	5,608	13.8
Surrey	13,741	20.2
Warwickshire	12,740	30.6
West Sussex	10,934	21.6
Wiltshire	12,185	26.5
By region
North	64,994	25.0
North-west	201,227	35.7
East Anglia	31,862	20.8
Yorkshire and Humberside	116,492	28.6
West Midlands	130,293	29.4
East Midlands	86,594	26.8
Greater London	97,328	19.6
Other South-east	234,057	28.8
South-west	113,326	31.9
England	1,076,173	28.2
¹ Change in number of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1995.

Note

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3

	Position in January each year
	1995
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	605	6.7
Greenwich	2,555	14.5
Hackney	569	4.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,294	16.6
Islington	1,055	8.1
Kensington and Chelsea	221	4.5
Lambeth	540	3.4
Lewisham	1,192	6.4
Southwark	2,483	12.7
Tower Hamlets	778	5.1
Wandsworth	1,459	10.3
Westminster	646	9.4
Barking	1,317	8.7
Barnet	2,291	10.9
Bex ley	7,834	39.2
Brent	2,444	13.0
Bromley	11,596	51.8
Croydon	5,973	23.7
Ealing	4,137	19.2
Enfield	8,192	39.7
Haringey	1,045	6.0
Harrow	4,152	25.5
Havering	4,662	24.1
Hillingdon	4,833	26.4
Hounslow	5,691	34.1
Kingston upon Thames	6,216	64.0

Position in January each year
	1995
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Merton	3,299	26.2
Newham	2,680	11.3
Redbridge	8,337	51.5
Richmond upon Thames	2,040	20.4
Sutton	4,328	35.7
Waltham Forest	3.33	18.8
Birmingham	28,251	29.2
Coventry	7,875	29.4
Dudley	6,935	28.5
Sandwell	10,815	39.1
Solihull	7,506	40.3
Walsall	6,428	27.9
Wolverhampton	5,846	26.8
Knowsley	6,300	34.7
Liverpool	12,541	27.0
St. Helens	5,507	37.4
Sefton	8,793	35.1
Wirral	6,076	20.7
Bolton	10,366	45.9
Bury	6,434	41.1
Manchester	10,211	24.2
Oldham	8,823	41.0
Rochdale	8,102	41.8
Salford	6,975	30.8
Stockport	7,858	31.8
Tameside	11,291	51.8
Trafford	9,689	51.1
Wigan	11,375	42.7
Barnsley	6,201	30.9
Doncaster	8,338	31.7
Rotherham	3,269	14.4
Sheffield	11,119	28.3
Bradford	10,707	32.4
Calderdale	5,666	30.9
Kirklees	12,290	38.2
Leeds	21,245	35.1
Wakefield	10,544	37.8
Gateshead	2,237	13.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	6,744	33.1
North Tyneside	4,930	32.7
South Tyneside	3,616	24.7
Sunderland	3,601	13.5
Isles of Scilly	0	0.0
Avon	26,919	34.5
Bedfordshire	10,328	26.7
Berkshire	15,605	26.8
Buckinghamshire	21,248	35.6
Cambridgeshire	14,946	26.8
Cheshire	30,315	35.5
Cleveland	13,859	23.7
Cornwall	14,004	35.6
Cumbria	11,452	29.0
Derbyshire	32,959	42.7
Devon	23,659	29.8
Dorset	18,038	42.8
Durham	15,455	29.5
East Sussex	19,691	40.8
Essex	31,875	25.8
Gloucestershire	11,595	26.7
Hampshire	43,976	33.9
Hereford and Worcester	10,533	21.8
Hertfordshire	23,054	29.0
Humberside	26,842	33.8
Isle of Wight	1,860	26.4
Kent	44,208	34.4
Lancashire	48,832	40.4
Leicestershire	17,567	23.6
Lincolnshire	14,632	29.8
Norfolk	12,066	20.5
North Yorkshire	17,758	31.3
Northamptonshire	10,576	21.9

Position in January each year
	1995
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Northumberland	8,030	41.8
Nottinghamshire	23,142	27.8
Oxfordshire	6,422	16.4
Shropshire	9,972	29.0
Somerset	10,776	30.1
Staffordshire	31,147	35.3
Suffolk	6,396	15.1
Surrey	12,118	17.7
Warwickshire	13,980	32.9
West Sussex	12,879	24.2
Wiltshire	14,703	31.0
By region
North	69,924	26.6
North-west	209,488	36.4
East Anglia	33,408	21.3
Yorkshire and Humberside	133,979	32.2
West Midlands	139,288	30.8
East Midlands	98,876	29.8
Greater London	107,794	21.1
Other South-east	243,264	29.2
South-west	119,694	32.7
England	1,155,715	29.6
¹ Change in number of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1995.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3

Position in January each year
	1996 (provisional)
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	447	5.2
Greenwich	1,412	8.0
Hackney	664	4.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,036	13.2
Islington	982	7.4
Kensington and Chelsea	187	3.8
Lambeth	857	5.5
Lewisham	917	5.2
Southwark	2.051	10.7
Tower Hamlets	859	5.8
Wandsworth	2,373	16.5
Westminster	544	7.9
Barking	1,603	10.6
Barnet	1,848	8.8
Bexley	8,821	42.7
Brent	2,259	12.0
Bromley	11,850	50.6
Croydon	6,341	24.4
Ealing	5,508	24.5
Enfield	8,840	41.0
Haringey	984	5.9
Harrow	3,833	24.3
Havering	5,678	28.7
Hillingdon	4,820	25.8
Hounslow	5,674	34.4
Kingston upon Thames	7,095	70.1
Merton	3,955	30.9
Newham	2,381	9.8
Redbridge	9,060	52.7
Richmond upon Thames	2,309	22.3
Sutton	4,235	32.8
Waltham Forest	3,282	18.4
Birmingham	25,642	26.3
Coventry	7,638	28.3
Dudley	6,618	26.9

Position in January each year
	1996 (provisional)
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Sandwell	11,812	41.5
Solihull	8,403	44.0
Walsall	7,241	31.1
Wolverhampton	6,762	30.9
Knowsley	5,254	29.2
Liverpool	12,051	26.0
St. Helens	5,583	37.7
Sefton	10,670	42.5
Wirral	6,987	23.7
Bolton	11,719	49.7
Bury	6,968	43.4
Manchester	9,687	22.8
Oldham	9,434	43.5
Rochdale	8,316	43.0
Salford	6,997	30.6
Stockport	8,247	32.8
Tameside	11,508	53.0
Trafford	9,389	48.9
Wigan	11,087	42.5
Barnsley	8,677	42.3
Doncaster	9,609	35.1
Rotherham	5,732	24.6
Sheffield	11,181	28.0
Bradford	11,449	34.3
Calderdale	6,331	34.3
Kirklees	14,395	44.3
Leeds	21,455	35.3
Wakefield	10,673	37.7
Gateshead	2,443	14.4
Newcastle upon Tyne	6,792	33.1
North Tyneside	4,897	31.7
South Tyneside	4,067	27.6
Sunderland	4,148	15.1
Isles of Scilly	0	0.0
Avon	26.647	34.4
Bedfordshire	11,867	30.4
Berkshire	18,308	30.5
Buckinghamshire	22,753	37.6
Cambridgeshire	18,065	31.8
Cheshire	32,225	37.3
Cleveland	13,869	23.6
Cornwall	14,936	37.5
Cumbria	11,382	28.2
Derbyshire	41,217	52.0
Devon	28,078	34.8
Dorset	19,654	44.5
Durham	19,881	38.0
East Sussex	20,971	42.4
Essex	34,741	27.6
Gloucestershire	14,246	32.1
Hampshire	44,938	34.5
Hereford and Worcester	13,225	27.2
Hertfordshire	23,396	29.0
Humberside	27,832	35.0
Isle of Wight	2,243	31.1
Kent	44,212	33.8
Lancashire	54,099	44.5
Leicestershire	21,784	28.8
Lincolnshire	13,962	27.9
Norfolk	13,224	22.0
North Yorkshire	18,663	32.1
Northamptonshire	11,089	22.4
Northumberland	8,478	43.3
Nottinghamshire	32,931	38.9
Oxfordshire	10,608	25.7
Shropshire	13,425	38.2
Somerset	13,649	37.3
Staffordshire	32,163	35.7
Suffolk	7,940	18.2
Surrey	14,197	19.9
Warwickshire	17,566	40.7

Position in January each year
	1996 (provisional)
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
West Sussex	14,447	26.7
Wiltshire	15,128	30.8
By region
North	75,957	28.5
North-west	220,201	38.0
East Anglia	39,229	24.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	145,997	34.6
West Midlands	150,495	32.8
East Midlands	120,983	35.7
Greater London	112,705	21.8
Other South-east	262,682	30.9
South-west	132,338	35.5
England	1,260,587	31.8
¹ Change in number of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1995.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31or more in 1979 was 35.3.

Position in January each year
	Change
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
Corporation of London	0	0.0
Camden	-158	-26.1
Greenwich	-1,143	-44.7
Hackney	95	16.7
Hammersmith and Fulham	-258	-19.9
Islington	-73	-6.9
Kensington and Chelsea	-34	-15.4
Lambeth	317	58.7
Lewisham	-275	-23.1
Southwark	-432	-17.4
Tower Hamlets	81	10.4
Wandsworth	914	62.6
Westminster	-102	-15.8
Barking	286	21.7
Barnet	443	-19.3
Bexley	987	12.6
Brent	-185	-7.6
Bromley	254	2.2
Croydon	368	6.2
Ealing	1,371	33.1
Enfield	648	7.9
Haringey	-61	-5.8
Harrow	-319	-7.7
Havering	1,016	21.8
Hillingdon	-13	-0.3
Hounslow	-17	-0.3
Kingston upon Thames	879	14.1
Merton	656	19.9
Newham	-299	-11.2
Redbridge	723	8.7
Richmond upon Thames	269	13.2
Sutton	-93	-2.1
Waltham Forest	-48	-1.4
Birmingham	-2,609	-9.2
Coventry	-237	-3
Dudley	—317	-4.6
Sandwell	997	9.2
Solihull	897	12.0
Walsall	813	12.6
Wolverhampton	916	15.7
Knowsley	-1,046	-16.6
Liverpool	-A9Q	-3.9
St. Helens	56	1.0
Sefton	1,877	21.3
Wirral	911	15.0
Bolton	1,353	13.1

Position in January each year
	Change
LEA	Number	Percentage'
Bury	534	8.3
Manchester	-524	-5.1
Oldham	611	6.9
Rochdale	214	2.6
Salford	22	0.3
Stockport	389	5.0
Tameside	217	1.9
Trafford	-300	-3.1
Wigan	-288	-2.5
Barnsley	2,476	39.9
Doncaster	1,271	15.2
Rotherham	2,463	75.3
Sheffield	62	0.6
Bradford	742	6.9
Calderdale	665	11.7
Kirklees	2,105	17.1
Leeds	210	1.0
Wakefield	129	1.2
Gateshead	206	9.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	48	0.7
North Tyneside	-33	-0.7
South Tyneside	451	12.5
Sunderland	547	15.2
Isles of Scilly	0	0.0
Avon	-272	-1.0
Bedfordshire	1,539	14.9
Berkshire	2,704	17.3
Buckinghamshire	1,505	7.1
Cambridgeshire	3,119	20.9
Cheshire	1,910	6.3
Cleveland	10	0.1
Cornwall	832	6.7
Cumbria	-70	-0.6
Derbyshire	8,258	25.1
Devon	4,419	18.7
Dorset	1,616	9
Durham	4,426	28.6
East Sussex	1,280	6.5
Essex	2,866	9
Gloucestershire	2,651	22.9
Hampshire	962	2.2
Hereford and Worcester	2,692	25.6
Hertfordshire	342	1.5
Humberside	990	3.7
Isle of Wight	383	20.6
Kent	4	0
Lancashire	5,267	10.8
Leicestershire	4,217	24
Lincolnshire	-670	-4.6
Norfolk	1,158	9.6
North Yorkshire	905	5.1
Northamptonshire	513	4.9
Northumberland	448	5.6
Nottinghamshire	9,789	42.3
Oxfordshire	4,186	65.2
Shropshire	3,453	34.6
Somerset	2,873	26.7
Staffordshire	1,016	3.3
Suffolk	1,544	24.1
Surrey	2,079	17.2
Warwickshire	3,586	25.7
West Sussex	1,568	12.2
Wiltshire	425	2.9
By region
North	6,033	8.6
North-west	10,713	5.1
East Anglia	5,821	17.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	12,018	9.0

Position in January each year
	Change
LEA	Number	Percentage¹
West Midlands	11,207	8.0
East Midlands	22,107	22.4
Greater London	4,911	4.6
Other South-east	19,418	8
South-west	12,644	10.6
England	104,872	9.1
¹ Change in number of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more between 1995 and 1996 expressed as a percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1995.

Note:

The comparable percentage of pupils in single teacher classes of 31 or more in 1979 was 35.3.

Volume 282: debated on Monday 14 October 1996