AQW 979/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Education
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.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 10 June 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 June 2016
- Answer due by
- 27 June 2016
- Answered
- 27 June 201617 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
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 |