§ 12. Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time undergraduate university students normally domiciled in Northern Ireland will be at university in the academic year 2004–05; and how many full-time undergraduate university places are available in Northern Ireland. [187654]
§ Mr. GardinerIt is too early to say how many Northern Ireland domiciled students will take up full-time undergraduates places in 2004–05, the clearing process is not yet complete and data on student placements will not be available to the Department until late 2005. There are some 28,000 full-time undergraduate places planned for the university sector in Northern Ireland this year.