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Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 17 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 July 2007. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 3 September 2007 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.


Class Sizes

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each (i) Government region and (ii) local education authority in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested has been placed in the House Library.Further information on class sizes can be found in SFR 16/2007 ‘Pupil Characteristics and Class Sizes in Maintained Schools in England, January 2007 (Provisional)’, which was published on 26 April 2007. This publication is available in the Library and on the Department’s website here:"http:/www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000726/index.shtml"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
151174; 463 c1709W
Session
2006-07
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 07/1948
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Class sizes
Link
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