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Mr. Gorrie
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the pupil-to-teacher ratios were in Scottish (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools for (i) 1998–99 and (ii) the four previous years. [76243]
Mrs. Liddell
The available information is set out in the table.
| Pupil-teacher ratios in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in Scotland | ||
| Primary | Secondary | |
| 1994–95 | 19.5 | 12.9 |
| 1995–96 | 19.5 | 12.9 |
| 1996–97 | 19.6 | 13.0 |
| 1997–98 | 19.9 | 13.2 |
| 1998–991 | 19.4 | 2— |
| 1 Provisional | ||
| 2 Not yet available | ||