HC Deb 19 June 1986 vol 99 c608W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what percentage of those Northern Irish students who go on to higher education go to university;

(2) if he will publish a table showing the percentage of Northern Irish students at universities in the United Kingdom who go to universities in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Wales;

(3) what percentage of those Northern Irish students who go on to higher and further education go to Universities.

Dr. Mawhinney

[pursuant to his reply, 17 June 1986]: The information is as follows:

  • 80.2 per cent.
  • Northern Ireland—74.2 per cent.; information is not available for Scotland, England and Wales separately.
  • 33.0 per cent.