§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make it his policy that all maintained schools, including those denominational schools not in receipt of funding from the Department of Education in Northern Ireland, will in future receive funding on the same basis.
§ Mr. HanleyAll maintained schools and all controlled schools in any education and library board area receive funding on the same basis, that being the formula set out in the board's scheme for the local management of schools. Denominational schools not in receipt of funding from the Department of Education are independent schools which receive no resourcing from any public sector source, and I have no plans to change current policy in their regard.