HC Deb 21 March 1989 vol 149 cc527-8W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide a table showing the young mature entry index and the older mature participation index for each year since 1979 for(a) universities only and (b) for all higher education institutions in Northern Ireland.

Dr. Mawhinney

No young mature entry index is available for Northern Ireland.

Available information for the older mature participa-tion index is as follows:

Year Universities All higher education
1987–88 0.196 0.211
1986–87 0.160 0.174
1985–86 0.171 0.181

Information for earlier years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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