HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 c255W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of young people in Northern Ireland have entered higher education in the United Kingdom in each of the past 10 years. [3000]

Mr. Ancram

The proportion of young people aged under 21 expressed as a percentage of the Northern Ireland 18-year-old population, has been as follows:

  • 1986–87: 19.4
  • 1987–88: 20.4
  • 1988–89: 22.4
  • 1989–90: 25.6
  • 1990–91: 27.0
  • 1991–92: 29.2
  • 1992–93: 33.3
  • 1993–94: 37.0
  • 1994–95: 38.5
  • 1995–96: 41.71.

1Provisional.