HC Deb 27 January 1988 vol 126 c289W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in theOfficial Report the estimated cost to public funds for students from the Republic of Ireland now receiving their higher education in Northern Ireland as a result of European Community regulations.

Dr. Mawhinney

Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the cost of reimbursing the tuition fees of these students in the 1987–88 financial year will be about £450,000.