To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the pupil-teacher ratio was in each local education authority in the East of England at key stage (a) one, (b) two and (c) three in each year since 1997. (232620)

Pupil-teacher ratios figures are not available by key stage because the teacher numbers from which they are derived are collected by phase of education only. Figures by phase of education are available through the following links for each local authority in England back to January 1998:

January 1998 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000130/index.shtml

January 1999 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000109/index.shtml

January 2000 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000192/index.shtml

January 2001 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DBA/VOL/v000288/index.shtml

January 2002 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000359/index.shtml

January 2003 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000417/index.shtml

January 2004 (Table 7a)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000495/index.shtml

January 2005 (Table 21)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000603/index.shtml

January 2006 (Table 25)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000603/index.shtml

January 2007 (Table 25)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000743/index.shtml

January 2008 (Table 27)

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000743/index.shtml

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average (a) middle and (b) upper school class size was in each constituency in the East of England in each year since 1997. (232621)

The available information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.