§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the current annual expenditure by(a) Department of Education and (b) each other education administrative body in Northern Ireland; and what percentage this constitutes of expenditure on education. [37219]
§ Mr. AncramThe administrative and other running costs are as follows:
1996–97 £(000) DENI 16,047 Council for Catholic Maintained Schools 1,450 Education and Library Board: Belfast 3,935 North-Eastern 5,239 South-Eastern 3,897 Southern 4,312 Western 3,775 NI Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment 1,751 NI Council for Integrated Education 378 Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards 194 40,978 This represents 2.92 per cent. of overall expenditure on the relevant areas of education. The figures given are estimates for the 1996–97 financial year and those for the education and library boards exclude the costs of earmarked initiatives which formerly were included as part of headquarters administration costs and which in 1994–95 amounted to £4.1 million. The administrative costs of DENI relate not only to the services provided by the other bodies listed but to higher education, the museum service, the arts and sport.
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