AQW 1108/07

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 26/06/2007
Answered On Date: 11/07/2007
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to detail whether a target has been set for the expansion of the percentage of children attending integrated schools, as part of the series of indicators for assessing the health of good relations.

Answer:

The good relations indicators baseline report January 2007 does not set targets. Rather, as the title of the report suggests, the intention is to monitor progress against a number of general and specific indicators. These include:

number and proportion of first preference applications to post-primary integrated schools that do not result in admissions;

proportion of people who would send their children to mixed schools;

proportion of people who believe government is actively encouraging integrated schools;

of pupils enrolled at grant aided schools, the proportion enrolled at integrated schools;

proportion of pupils enrolled in Catholic managed schools who are Protestant, and

proportion of pupils enrolled in controlled schools who are Catholic.

Finally, all schools have an important role to play in promoting good relations.