§ Mr. McCuskerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many teacher-training places have been available in Northern Ireland during the past five years; and what is the estimated number of places needed during the next five years in each of the institutions offering teacher training in the Province.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is as follows:
Academic years Number 1983–84 630 1984–85 640 1985–86 640 1986–87 640 1987–88 735 For 1988–89, a total of 735 places have been allocated — 110 to Queen's University of Belfast, 145 to the University of Ulster and 240 each to St. Mary's and Stranmillis colleges. Intake places beyond 1988–89 have not yet been determined and estimates would be unreliable.
Eastern Northern Southern Western Mid-1986 estimate of population 642,100 379,000 288,900 256,800 Hospital and Community Health Services and Family Practitioner Services 525 285 355 390 Personal Social Services 85 61 63 63 Total 610 346 418 453 Hospital and Community Health Services and Family Practitioner Services 545 294 366 404 Personal Social Services 88 63 65 66 Total 633 357 431 470 1 These figures include expenditure which is incurred centrally by the Department and which is not possible to attribute to individual Boards. 2 Comparisons of per capita spending by Boards are not meaningful as administrative populations do not coincide with actual catchment populations for man services including regional medical services, acute hospital services, psychiatric and mental handicap hospital services.