HC Deb 20 December 1990 vol 183 c275W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of children of secondary school age in each Eastern education and library board area over the last 10 years.

Year Belfast Western North-Eastern South-Eastern Southern
1981 36,869 27,503 36,353 27,586 31,171
1982 35,956 27,555 36,655 27,907 31,503
1983 33,049 27,550 36,736 27,902 31,655
1984 33,619 27,735 36,730 27,560 32,147
1985 32,490 27,573 36,603 27,331 32,188
1986 31,462 27,369 35,765 26,607 31,714
1987 30,345 27,158 34,589 25,913 31,081
1988 29,090 26,706 33,548 25,163 30,493
1989 28,929 26,766 32,659 24,591 30,154
1990 28,452 26,442 31,847 24,316 29,876