§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of(a) full-time and (b) part-time students at each third-level education facility in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is as follows:
Full-time Part-time Total Universities1 Queen's University 9,880 2,623 12,503 University of Ulster 10,972 5,221 16,193 Colleges of Education1 St. Mary's 698 — 698 Stranmillis 689 — 689 Further Education Colleges2 Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education 3,959 17,509 21,468 North-West College 2,063 3,846 5,909 Fermanagh 811 1,971 2,782 Limavady 556 880 1,436 Omagh 923 1,208 2,131 Antrim 379 1,522 1,901 Ballymena 1,131 2,592 3,723 Newtownabbey 786 2,780 3,566 New Technical Ballymoney 308 1,075 1,383 Coleraine 671 1,193 1,864 Magherafelt 514 797 1,311 Larne 303 898 1,201 Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College 223 69 292 Lisburn 757 2,473 3,230 Down 880 2,081 2,961 Newcastle 368 742 1,110 Castlereagh 693 2,429 3,122 North Down 1,218 4,654 5,872 Lurgan 528 1,033 1,561 Portadown 876 2,120 2,996 Armagh 1,002 1,048 2,050 Banbridge 337 1,159 1,496 East Tyrone 867 1,558 2,425 Newry/Kilkeel 1,284 2,947 4,231 1 Provisional 1992–93 figures. 2 1991–92 figures (latest available). Of the 21,437 full-time and 58,584 part-time students at Institutions of Further Education, 951 are following full-time higher education courses and 3,144 are following part-time higher education courses.