HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 cc369-70W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of secondary school-children are educated in comprehensive schools.

Mr. John Patten

There are no officially designated comprehensive schools in Northern Ireland. But there are a number of non-selective secondary schools in designated non-selective areas. The percentage of secondary sector pupils on the rolls of these schools at January 1981 was 9.1 per cent.