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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party). It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Grand Committee.


University Places

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time undergraduate places have been funded in Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster in each of the last five years.
Answer

For 2005–06 11,724 places were funded in Queen's university Belfast and 13,578 at the university of Ulster. Those figures show an increase of almost 1,800 places in the period in question. I shall give the hon. Gentleman a complete breakdown of the figures over the years and place it in the Library.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
NIGC c8 
48990 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Finance Northern Ireland Universities Student numbers Ulster University Queen's University Belfast
Contains statistics
Yes