§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of school children in Northern Ireland is in attendance at schools built since the war; and if he will ascertain and publish how this compares with the rest of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ChannonBy the end of 1970–the latest date for which figures are available—the number of places provided since the war in secondary (i.e., secondary (intermediate) and grammar) schools in Northern Ireland represented about 94 per cent. of the total secondary school population. The number of primary places in the same period was about 64 per cent. of the total primary school population. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science stated on 5th November, 1971
by the end of 1970 the number of new secondary places provided since the war was equivalent to well over 80 per cent. of the secondary school population. The corresponding figure for primary schools was little more than 60 per cent."—[Vol. 825, c. 498.]