Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total funding for schools in (a) Northern Ireland and (b)North Down was in each year since 1997. [121930]Jane Kennedy: The General Schools Budget for schools in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997 is as follows:_________________________________________________________________________________________________.£ million1997-98 829.51998-99 853.61999-2000 916.52000-01 954.32001-02 1,016.72001-03 1,055.3_________________________________________________________________________________________________.The General Schools Budget represents the total amounts made available for school recurrent funding and the details are publishedannually in the Budget Statements produced by each of the Education and Library Boards for controlled and maintained schools and theDepartment in respect of Voluntary Grammar and Grant Maintained Integrated schools.Although the Budget Statements list the formula allocation to individual schools amounts held centrally for support services are notidentifiable at individual school level. None of the information is collated by parliamentary constituency and this could beprovided only at disproportionate cost.