§ Dr. HendronTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much Government funding has been provided in total to Rathgael training centre in each of the last 20 years; and what is the breakdown of this funding under care and justice functions; [39564]
(2) how much Government funding has been provided in total to St. Patrick's training school in each of the last 20 years. [39565]
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§ Sir John WheelerRecords readily available of Government funding at St. Patrick's or Rathgael training schools date only from 1987–88. Funding provided to the two training schools was as follows:
Rathgael £000 St. Patrick's £000 1987–88 3,200 1,852 1988–89 2,907 2,247 1989–90 3,511 1,931 1990–91 3,314 2,237 1991–92 3,996 2,558 1992–93 3,874 3,077 1993–94 3,971 3,835 1994–95 4,209 4,015 1995–96 6,154 3,225 Funding levels are primarily based on average occupancy levels at the training schools. It is not readily possible to distinguish between care and justice functions.