HC Deb 11 February 1988 vol 127 c323W
Mr. McCusker

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teacher-training places have been available in Northern Ireland during the past five years; and what is the estimated number of places needed during the next five years in each of the institutions offering teacher training in the Province.

Dr. Mawhinney

The information is as follows:

Academic years Number
1983–84 630
1984–85 640
1985–86 640
1986–87 640
1987–88 735

For 1988–89, a total of 735 places have been allocated — 110 to Queen's University of Belfast, 145 to the University of Ulster and 240 each to St. Mary's and Stranmillis colleges. Intake places beyond 1988–89 have not yet been determined and estimates would be unreliable.

Eastern Northern Southern Western
Mid-1986 estimate of population 642,100 379,000 288,900 256,800
Hospital and Community Health Services and Family Practitioner Services 525 285 355 390
Personal Social Services 85 61 63 63
Total 610 346 418 453
Hospital and Community Health Services and Family Practitioner Services 545 294 366 404
Personal Social Services 88 63 65 66
Total 633 357 431 470
1 These figures include expenditure which is incurred centrally by the Department and which is not possible to attribute to individual Boards.
2 Comparisons of per capita spending by Boards are not meaningful as administrative populations do not coincide with actual catchment populations for man services including regional medical services, acute hospital services, psychiatric and mental handicap hospital services.

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