Catholic Maintained Schools

HC Deb 09 December 1991 vol 200 cc322-3W

Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) for each of the last 10 years, what percentage of all the costs, capital and recurring, of maintained schools, other than those now associated with the Council of Catholic Maintained Schools, were paid by the trustees of such schools;

(2) for each of the last 10 years, what percentage of all the costs, capital and recurring, of the maintained schools now associated with the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, were paid by the trustees of such schools.

Dr. Mawhinney

The establishment of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools had no bearing on the recurrent or capital costs borne by the trustees of maintained schools. All recurrent costs in maintained schools in the last 10 years were met by the education and library boards: 15 per cent. of approved capital costs were met by the trustees.