§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been allocated to (a) the maintained and (b) the controlled sectors of secondary education in the Belfast education and library board area in the past five years.
§ Mr. ScottRecurrent payments by the Belfast education and library board on maintained secondary schools and controlled secondary schools, excluding grammar schools, in each of the last five years were as follows: 197W
Year Maintained Secondary Schools £ million Controlled Secondary Schools £ million 1976–77 1.7 2.1 1977–78 2.0 2.5 1978–79 2.4 2.9 1979–80 2.7 3.2 1980–81 3.2 3.8
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils attend each of the Belfast maintained secondary schools; and what is the maximum capacity of each school.
§ Mr. ScottThe information requested is as follows:
School Enrolment at 30 September 1981 Approximate Capacity (see notes below) (1) (2) (3) Christian Brothers' Glen Road 758 700 Christian Brothers' Gort Na Mona 418 700 Cross and Passion, Glen Road 684 800 La Salle, Edenmore Drive 1,040 600 Little Flower, Somerton Road 494 600 Our Lady of Mercy, Ballysillan Road 573 600 St. Augustine's, Ravenhill Road 546 800 St. Gabriels, Crumlin Road 427 700 St. Gemma's, Ardilea Street 477 600 St. Genevieve's, Edenmore Drive 890 600 St. Louise's, Falls Road 2,346 2,300 St. Monica's, Ravenhill Road 544 800 St. Patrick's, Antrim Road 834 900 St. Paul's, Beechmount Parade 522 800 St. Peter's, Britton's Parade 427 800 St. Rose's, Beechmount Avenue 372 800 St. Thomas's, Whitelock Road 583 800 Notes:
(a) It is not possible to state precisely the capacity of each school from centrally held records because of the curricular changes that have taken place since many of the schools were built or extended. The figures in column (3) are therefore approximate
(b) Temporary accommodation has been excluded.