HC Deb 05 March 1992 vol 205 c233W
Mr. Peter Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been given in grants to the National Union of Students in higher education colleges in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

Dr. Mawhinney

No Government grants are paid to the National Union of Students. The students' unions of the Queen's University of Belfast, the university of Ulster and St. Mary's college of education are affiliated to the National Union of Students. Payment to the National Union of Students by the students' unions of the two universities were as follows:

Queen's University of £ University Ulster £
1986–87 24,600 19,494
1987–88 27,554 21,178
1988–89 28,576 15,740
1989–90 36,450 27,872
1990–91 42,265 36,723

Information on the amounts paid by the students' union of St. Mary's college is not readily available. Stranmillis college students' union is not affiliated.