AQW 979/16-21


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 10/06/2016
Answered On Date: 27/06/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education how much money was spent annually on rent, rates, repairs and maintenance for buildings and grounds for (i) Council for Catholic Maintained Schools; (ii) Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education; (iii) Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta; and the (iv) Controlled Sector Support Council, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.


Answer:
The Department has not incurred any expenditure to date in respect of rent, rates, repairs and maintenance for buildings and grounds for the Controlled Schools’ Support Council as it is not scheduled to come into operation until 1 September 2016.
The tables below set out the relevant detail on rent, rates, repairs and maintenance for buildings and grounds provided by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS), the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education and Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta,
Table A - Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
Year
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
Rent
£50,377
£45,546
£49,825
Rates
£1,348
£7,550
£2,763
Repairs and Maintenance
£21,950
£70,451
£16,802
Totals
£73,675
£123,547
£69,390
Note: The 2015-16 expenditure figures for CCMS are based on expenditure reported in CCMS’s 2015-16 Draft Resource Accounts. CCMS’s 2015-16 Resource Accounts are yet to be finalised, however it is anticipated there will be no significant change to the 2015-16 figures.
Table B - The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
Year
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
Rent
£17,500
£17,500
£17,500
Rates
£0
£0
£0
Repairs and maintenance
£4,126
£2,528
£2,170
Totals
£21,626
£20,028
£19,670
Table C - Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
Year
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
Rent
£36,643
£35,983
£37,230
Rates
£0
£0
£0
Repairs and maintenance
£952
£1542
£546
Totals
£37,595
£37,525
£37,776