§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish details of the numbers of(a) Roman Catholic and (b) other teachers who have 632W graduated in each of the last three years for which records are available, together with information on the level of qualification awarded in each category from Northern Ireland universities and teacher training colleges.
§ Dr. MawhinneyAvailable information is as follows:
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 Stranmillis College BEd (Hons) 53 68 83 BEd 89 77 51 PGCE 51 65 67 St. Mary's College BEd (Hons) 61 60 94 BEd 85 75 65 PGCE 46 58 61 Queen's University PGCE 109 124 115 University of Ulster PGCE 22 23 25 BA 10 11 6 BA (Hons) 28 25 27 BA/BSc single subject concurrent 2 2 — BA/BSc (Hons) single subject concurrent 45 33 53 BA/BSc (Hons) combined subject 16 6 11 BSc 20 10 2 Since St. Mary's is a voluntary Roman Catholic college it is likely that most graduates are Roman Catholic. The other institutions are in the public sector and non-denominational.