HC Deb 25 July 1989 vol 157 cc631-2W
Mr. Beggs

To 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 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. Mawhinney

Available 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.