HC Deb 02 May 1991 vol 190 c328W
16. Mr. Hague

To 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. Mawhinney

The 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.