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Asked by Kellie

AQW 21327/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education

To ask the Minister of Education what plans her Department and the Education Authority have for the former Castle Gardens Primary School site in Newtownards.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 2 July 2021

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
2 July 2021
Answer due by
21 July 2021
Answered
15 July 202113 days after tabling
Department
Department of Education
Priority question
No

Answer

The EA owns the land referred to and has declared it surplus to requirement however a complex legal title has meant that it is proving extremely difficult to dispose of the site. The EA will continue to endeavour to dispose of this site.

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