§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the money made available by the Department of Education to the Belfast education and library board goes to the maintained sector and how much to the State (controlled) primary sector; and in what manner these figures have altered in the past three years.
§ Mr. ScottRecurrent payments by the Belfast education and library board on maintained primary schools and on controlled primary schools in each of the last three years were as follows:
Year Maintained Primary Schools £ million Controlled Primary Schools £ million 1978–79 1.8 2.3 1979–80 2.1 2.7 1980–81 2.4 3.2