Universities (Student-Staff Ratio)

HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 c255W

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the student-staff ratios in universities in each year since 1989–90. [2999]

Mr. Ancram

The staff-student ratios are as follows:

• 1989–90: 1:13.6
• 1990–91: 1:14.5
• 1991–92: 1:15.6
• 1992–93: 1:15.7
• 1993–94: 1:16.4
• 1994–95: 1:14.8¹.

¹ Revised figure. The ratio for 1994–95 is not comparable with the ratios for earlier years, because of a change in the basis of the count of staff in 1994–95.