§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants in his Department of the rank of principal or equivalent and above are graduates of Oxford and Cambridge; and how many are graduates of other universities.
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§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 12 July 1990]: Within the Northern Ireland Office and the Northern Ireland Departments 991 civil servants of the rank of principal or equivalent and above are graduates.
Information as to which university each individual attended is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.