To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many five, six and seven-year-olds in classes taught by one teacher are in classes of 31 pupils or more, in (a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest and (f) Barking and Dagenham, expressed in (i) absolute terms and (ii) as a proportion of all five, six and seven-year-olds; and what are the corresponding figures for the United Kingdom. [6856]
[holding answer 7 July 1997]: The information is not available in the form requested.Provisional estimates of the numbers and percentages of pupils in key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher in maintained primary schools for each local education authority area as requested and England are shown in the table.
| Numbers and percentages of pupils in Key Stage 1 Classes1taught by one teacher with 31 or more pupils in maintained primary schools | ||
| January 1997 (provisional estimates) | ||
| Number | Percentage | |
| Newham | 1,262 | 14 |
| Tower Hamlets | 475 | 7 |
| Hackney | 540 | 10 |
| Redbridge | 2,331 | 32 |
| Waltham Forest | 916 | 13 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 909 | 14 |
| England | 476,934 | 29 |
| 1 Includes reception classes. Information on class sizes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for these countries. | ||