HC Deb 17 February 1997 vol 290 c411W
Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children progressed from each(a) controlled, (b) maintained and (c) other schools to Queen's university in (i) 1994, (ii) 1995 and (iii) 1996. [15473]

Mr. Ancram

The last educational institutions attended by Northern Ireland domiciled first year full-time undergraduate students aged under 21 were as follows:

1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Controlled schools 449 461 n/a
Maintained schools 128 113 n/a
Other schools 1,281 1,390 n/a
FE/unknown/other 362 377 n/a
Total 2,220 2,341 -

Mr. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students went to Queen's university from(a) Northern Ireland, (b) Great Britain, (c) the Republic of Ireland and (d) elsewhere in each of the last three years. [15474]

Mr. Ancram

The information for full-time undergraduate students is as follows:

Domicile 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96
Northern Ireland 2,557 2,494 2,642
Great Britain 68 52 104
Republic of Ireland 201 200 275
Elsewhere 157 171 241
Total 2,983 2,917 3,262

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