§ 16. Mr. HagueTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students are currently studying in universities and institutions of higher education in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe answer is 25,559 full-time and part-time students. Institutions of further education also provide higher education courses and in 1989–90 total enrolments on such courses—full time and part time—amounted to 3,444 students.