HC Deb 12 February 1997 vol 290 cc253-4W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the fee-paying schools which have received funds under(a) the targeting social needs scheme and (b) the raising school standards initiative, indicating the amounts received in each of the past three years and the sums forecast to be paid in 1997–98; and if he will make a statement. [15108]

Mr. Ancram

Fees in Northern Ireland's voluntary grammar schools are, with two exceptions, limited to a maximum capital fee of £80. All voluntary grammar schools receive some level of assistance from targeting social needs resources, on the principle that money follows the pupils eligible for free school meals. The amount going to voluntary grammar schools represents only 4 per cent. of the funds allocated under the scheme.

The table lists the sums received by each voluntary grammar school.

School 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
£ £ £ £
Armagh Royal 6,790 8,849 5,871 4,422
Ballymena Academy 8,692 7,421 5,284 7,076
Ballymoney Dalriada 13,581 13,987 12,036 12,972
Bangor Grammar 6,519 5,423 4,697 5,012
Belfast Bloomfield 6,519 8,849 6,752 6,781
Belfast Campbell 1,358 856 2,055 3,243
Belfast High 12,223 11,132 10,862 14,446
Belfast Hunterhouse 8,148 10,276 11,742 11,793
Belfast Methodist 8,148 10,276 9,100 12,972
Belfast RBAI 8,148 8,563 5,871 6,191
Belfast Royal Academy 15,482 15,414 19,081 16,510
Belfast Strathearn 3,803 3,996 3,816 5,307
Belfast Victoria 4,074 5,423 7,339 9,434
Coleraine Acad Inst 14,396 12,274 12,623 13,856
Dungannon Royal 5,976 8,278 12,330 10,024
Enniskillen Portora 4,074 5,709 7,045 4,717
Holywood Sullivan 2,716 2,569 1,761 2,948
Larne Grammar 7,062 5,423 4,697 6,486
Lisburn Friend's 5,704 6,851 7,633 6,781
Lisburn Wallace 4,889 6,565 9,394 9,729
Londonderry Foyle 20,099 19,695 18,201 21,227
Magherafelt Rainey Endowed 13,309 13,416 13,504 19,163
Armagh St. Patrick's 27,976 32,255 34,053 34,788
Ballymena St. Louis' 25,532 24,548 32,585 24,764

School 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
£ £ £ £
Ballynahinch Assumption 16,840 13,701 17,907 23,585
Belfast Acquinas 6,519 11,988 19,081 21,227
Belfast CBS 74,966 87,059 90,417 85,201
Belfast Dominican 30,149 35,395 34,053 32,724
Belfast Our Lady and St. Pats 21,186 22,264 25,540 21,521
Belfast St. Dominic's 45,360 68,220 67,813 58,078
Belfast St. Malachy's 24,989 33,111 34,640 34,198
Coleraine Loreto College 29,063 31,113 30,530 29,481
Donaghmore St. Joseph's 35,582 36,822 39,044 44,517
Downpatrick St. Patrick's 15,754 13,987 16,146 17,689
Dungannon St. Patrick's Boys' 61,113 59,942 62,529 68,387
Dungannon St. Patrick's Girls' 57,311 59,942 58,419 60,732
Dunmurry Rathmore 18,741 25,119 25,833 20,637
Enniskillen Convent 46,446 52,806 46,838 50,118
Eniskillen St. Michael's 38,026 38,820 36,695 37,147
Garron Tower 23,630 21,693 26,714 25,059
Kilkeel St. Louis' 19,013 19,981 23,191 29,481
Londonderry St. Columbl 20,869 111,036 113,021 114,682
Londonderry Thornhill 90,719 91,912 95,701 98,468
Lurgan St. Michael's 28,248 25,975 23,485 28,007
Magherafelt St. Mary's 49,162 48,525 55,189 58,963
Newry CBS 33,680 42,245 40,218 40,979
Newry Our Lady's 45,903 53,092 48,731 50,118
Newry Sacred Heart 37,211 41,674 49,905 47,170
Newery St. Colman's 28,520 31,113 31,998 33,609
Omagh CBS 28,791 33,682 36,695 39,210
Omagh Loreto 36,125 42,245 45,502 45,106
Portstewart Dominican 6,519 7,992 9,394 9,434
Strabane Convent 36,396 32,826 33,760 37,441
1,342,049 1,442,328 1,496,866 1,533,621

(b) No fee-paying school receives any assistance under the Raising School Standards Initiative.

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