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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of school leavers in Northern Ireland entered higher education in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [222856] Mr. Gardiner: Figures for 2003/04 are not yet available. The most recent available figures are for 2001/02 school leavers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Proportion of school leavers entering institutions of higher education Parliamentary constituency 1997 2002 Belfast East 28.7 35.1 Belfast North 18.3 23.6 Belfast South 37.6 44.1 Belfast West 15.5 22.0 East Antrim 27.4 34.7 East Londonderry 29.4 32.9 Fernamagh and south Tyrone 33.1 43.2 Foyle 27.3 34.1 Lagan Valley 31.2 40.0 Mid Ulster 31.1 35.5 Newry and Armagh 24.9 34.1 North Antrim 27.8 34.1 North Down 38.7 42.1 South Antrim 28.4 33.9 South Down 24.6 35.1 Strangford 31.1 35.3 Upper Bann 28.5 34.1 West Tyrne 29.1 40.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c668W; 222856

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Admissions Higher education Northern Ireland Universities School leaving

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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