§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of pupils who obtain an M grade in the selection procedure have obtained grammar school places in each of the five education and library board areas in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not readily available in the form requested. However. in respect of those pupils for whom parental first preferences were made for grammar schools, the number and percentage admitted to grammar schools, in each education and library board area, were as follows:
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(a) (b) (c) Education and Library Board Parental first preference for grammar school Number of (a) admitted to grammar school (b) As percentage of (a) South-Eastern 409 217 53.1 Southern 350 309 88.3 TOTAL 2,327 1,852 79.6 1982–83 Belfast 562 491 87.4 Western 428 424 99.1 North-Eastern 527 448 85.0 South-Eastern 346 243 70.2 Southern 348 307 88.2 TOTAL 2,211 1,913 86.5 Note:
The figures relate to the board area in which the first preference school was located.