asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much it now costs to train a teacher in each of

	Stranmillis	St. Mary's	St. Joseph's
Net recurrent expenditure 1978–79 (£000's)	1,457	608	612
Student numbers at 31 December 1978
Initial courses	917	433	354
In-Service (full-time equivalent)	164	77	67
Total	1,081	510	421
Average net cost per full-time equivalent student =	£1,348	£1,192	£1,454

In addition, a tuition fee is payable to the colleges in respect of each full-time student on initial courses. This fee—which was £545 in the 1978–79 academic year—and the student maintenance grants are excluded from the average cost shown in the table.