§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 21 November,Official Report, column 662, if he will list the grammar schools with preparatory departments indicating the number of children in those preparatory departments, the number for whom there is a financial contribution from public funds, the amount of that financial contribution to the school, the public contribution per capita and the fees paid by parents to each school per child. [6841]
§ Mr. AncramThe most recent year for which figures are available is the 1995–96 financial year and the number of pupils receiving assistance from public funds and details of the grant allocations to individual schools are given in the following table. Information on fees paid by parents and the number of parents paying the full economic fee is not readily available.
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Table A: Voluntary Grammar Schools Number of pupils Funds allocated £ Per capita allocation £ Armagh Royal 40 17,126 Ballymena Academy 113 48,382 Ballymoney Dalriada 106 45,385 Bangor Grammar 141 60,370 Belfast Bloomfield Collegiate 89 38,106 Belfast Campbell College 201 86,060 Belfast Hunterhouse College 1l1 47,526 Belfast Methodist College 608 260,321 Belfast Royal Academical Institute 237 101,474 428,16 Belfast Royal Academy 302 129,304 Belfast Srathearn 181 77,497
Table A: Voluntary Grammar Schools Number of pupils Funds allocated £ Per capita allocated £ Belfast Victoria College 149 63,796 Dungannon Royal 54 23,121 Holywood Sullivan Upper 190 81,350 Lame Grammar 56 23,977 Lisburn Friends 193 82,635 Lisburn The Wallace 197 84,347 Londonderry Foyle College 46 19,695 Magherafelt Rainey Endowed 60 25,690 Subtotal 3,074 1,316,162
Table B: Controlled Grammar Schools Number of pupils Funds allocated £ Per capita allocated £ North-Eastern education and library board Ballyclare High 48 20,331 423,56 South-Eastern education and library board Downpatrick Down High 86 27,054 314.57 Bangor Glenlola Collegiate 96 30,199 Newtownards Regent House 175 55,049 Southern education and library board Lurgan College 33 15,867 480,82 Portadown College 49 23,560 480,82 Sub-Total 487 172,060 Total 3,561 1,488,222 Information on fees paid by parents to each school per child is not available.