§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many voluntary and maintained primary and secondary schools there are in each board area; and how much money was paid out of Government funds to each school for salaries, maintenance and new buildings in the past five years.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe number of voluntary—including maintained—primary and secondary schools in each board area over the last five years is as follows.
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BELFAST Primary Secondary 1975 60 33 1976 60 33 1977 59 33 1978 56 32 1979 56 32 WESTERN Primary Secondary 1975 158 34 1976 153 35 1977 147 34 1978 143 34 1979 136 34 NORTH EASTERN Primary Secondary 1975 94 29 1976 93 29 1977 91 29 1978 91 30 1979 91 29 SOUTH EASTERN Primary Secondary 1975 60 19 1976 60 19 1977 59 19 1978 58 19 1979 58 19 SOUTHERN Primary Secondary 1975 164 34 1976 161 34 1977 159 34 1978 159 34 1979 159 34 The further information requested dealing with specified costs of each individual school over the past five years would require a massive clerical analysis of records in the Department in respect of teachers' salaries, grants to grammar schools and building grants, and in the area boards in respect of maintenance costs. It is in fact doubtful whether maintenance cost records held by boards would be capable of analysis to the level of individual schools because of the centralisation of items such as fuel contracts.