§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list 326W separately the number of successful candidates in the recent 11-plus selection examination in Northern Ireland from (a) State primary schools and (b) voluntary Church schools.
§ Mr. Carter,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 28th June 1976; Vol. 914, c. 25], gave the following information:
The selection procedure results for individual schools are not made public. However, the information in respect of the number of entrants and the percentage of qualifiers in each education authority area is as follows:
Area Board 1976 Number of entrants Belfast … … … 6,395 North-Eastern … … … 6,180 South-Eastern … … … 5,169 Southern … … … 4,146 Western … … … 5,354 Northern Ireland … … … 27,244
Area Board 1976 Percentage qualified Belfast … … … 22.75 North-Eastern … … … 25.82 South-Eastern … … … 27.45 Southern … … … 27.30 Western … … … 25.94 Northern Ireland … … … 25.66