§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the decision first was taken to close Clare and Ballydougan primary schools and to replace Bleary primary school. [28366]
§ Mr. AncramA scheme to close Ballydougan primary school was approved in April 1966 and the school closed in August 1966. A scheme to close Clare primary school was approved in December 1970 and the school closed in April 1971. A proposal to provide a new replacement school for Bleary primary school was approved by my Department in November 1982.
§ Mr. TrimbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the proposal that a new Bleary primary school to cater for those previously served by Clare and Ballydougan primary schools ceased to be classed as a rationalisation scheme. [28367]
§ Mr. AncramThe capital scheme for the replacement of Bleary primary school has never been classified as a rationalisation scheme within my Department's school capital planning arrangements which were introduced in 1991.