§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons his power to specify a time before which proposals to open new schools could not be reconsidered was not invoked in the current year before resubmissions commenced. [19931]
§ Mr. AncramA power which enables the Department of Education to specify the form, content and timetable for statutory proposals for the establishment of new grant-maintained integrated schools, was included in the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. In view of the existence of administrative guidance to the education and library boards and the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education about the timetable for the submission and publication of such proposals, it was not considered necessary to invoke this power immediately.
However, in light of the recent submission of development proposals for the establishment of two new GMI schools, outside the recommended timetable, my Department has issued a direction on 6 March 1997 to all education and library boards under article 71 of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 specifying the timetable to be applied to all future proposals.
Year Suicides Fatal accidents Injuries undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted Population Suicides as percentage of total population Fatal accidents as percentage total population Undetermined as percentage of total population 1989 116 453 18 1,582,970 0.007 0.029 0.001 1990 158 460 10 1,589,353 0.010 0.029 0.001 1991 129 495 19 1,601,387 0.008 0.031 0.001 1992 107 377 21 1,618,406 0.007 0.023 0.001 1993 129 393 22 1,631,827 0.008 0.024 0.001 1994 138 433 13 1,641,711 0.008 0.026 0.001 1995 122 392 24 1,648,960 0.007 0.024 0.001