HC Deb 03 December 1981 vol 14 cc196-7W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked 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. Scott

Recurrent 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:

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 Robinson

asked 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. Scott

The 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.

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