§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the education authorities in Northern Ireland together with the total number of pupils for which each education authority was responsible in the year ended 31 March. [23317]
§ Mr AncramThe education authorities in Northern Ireland are the five education and library boards which are responsible for the management of the controlled sector. The number of pupils for which each board was responsible in 1994–95 is as follows:
Area board Pupils Belfast 22,680 Western 18,843 North-Eastern 45,165 South-Eastern 40,107 Southern 27,994