HC Deb 24 February 1993 vol 219 c616W
Mr. Mallon

To 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. Hanley

The 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.

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