HC Deb 25 June 1982 vol 26 cc194-5W
Rev. Martin Smyth

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report the most recent statistics for the number of students enrolled in university or polytechnic degree courses of one or more years' duration in Northern Ireland who are domiciled in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) England and Wales.

Mr. Scott

The information is not available in the form requested, but in 1980–81, 10,037 students enrolled in higher education institutions in Northern Ireland were domiciled in Northern Ireland and 199 in Great Britain.

Rev. Martin Smyth

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how many students from Northern Ireland attend degree courses at universities and polytechnics in other parts of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Scott

I have nothing to add to the information I gave to the hon. Member for Down, North (Mr. Kilfedder) on 18 May 1982.—[Vol. 24, c.52.]