§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils are in state, denominational and private schools, respectively, at primary and secondary level; and what proportion of the total are in Roman Catholic and non-Roman Catholic denominational schools.
§ Mr. Chris PattenStatistics on pupils are not collected on a denominational basis; the following are pupil numbers at schools under different types of management (which cannot be equated with the denomination of pupils in attendance at these schools):
January 1983 Primary Level† Secondary Level‡ Controlled (ie State) Schools 93,470 68,019 Independent* (ie Private) Schools 462 307 Voluntary Grant-Aided Schools Under Roman Catholic management 88,169 73,282 Others 993 21,896 * Independent schools have pupils of both primary and secondary age. Those up to and including age 11 have been taken as primary level. † Excludes nursery schools but includes pupils in nursery classes in primary schools. ‡ Includes secondary intermediate and grammar schools and pupils in preparatory departments of grammar schools.