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Student Statistics

Alan Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time education students were at universities and colleges in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [206050]


 
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Mr. Gardiner: The number of full-time enrolments at universities and colleges in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years is as follows:
Full-time enrolments at higher and further education institutions in Northern Ireland: 1993–94 to 2003–04

SectorHE institutionsFE institutionsTotal
1993–9424,07523,12547,200
1994–9524,87323,67548,548
1995–9626,01723,93449,951
1996–9726,08925,03351,122
1997–9828,53524,96853,503
1998–9928,31623,85452,170
1999–200028,28224,12852,410
2000–0130,66624,54255,208
2001–0231,64225,16356,805
2002–0333,98924,82658,815




Source:
Compendium of NI Education Statistics.
Weblink: http://www.deni.gov.uk/facts_figures/documents/Compendium_04.pdf




Taskforces

Mr. Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by his Department in each year since 1997 on taskforces and similar bodies. [204882]

Mr. Paul Murphy: Detailed in the table is how much the Northern Ireland Office spent on some of the major taskforces and similar bodies for which we can provide the information requested in each year since 1997.
£

1997–981998–991999–20002000–01
Organised Crime Task force (NI)110,165196,354244,753178,677
Independent Commission on Policing for NI (Patten)102,776536,549
Review of Parades Commission47,06829,481126,7405,494
Review of Criminal Injuries Compensation in NI 30,706196,91279,045
NI Victims Commission12,249633,483
Alternative to the Baton Round Steering Group
Review of NI Drugs Strategy51,94413,646—-
Criminal Justice Review390,259761,096496,780
Total169,4821,332,2271,445,9231,296,545

£

2001–022002–032003–042004–05(8)
Organised Crime Task force (NI)460,451302,161363,822136,326
Independent Commission on Policing for NI (Patten)521,044605,611618,160388,619
Review of Parades Commission49,111125,8968,482973
Review of Criminal Injuries Compensation in NI86,23427,160
NI Victims Commission
Alternative to the Baton Round Steering Group801,873806,367157,342
Review of NI Drugs Strategy
Criminal Justice Review
Total1,116,8401,862,7011,796,831683,260


(8) Up to December 2004.



 
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Following is a list of other taskforce groups and similar bodies for which the figures are not easily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Special Advisers

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions between 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 his special advisers travelled abroad in an official capacity; what places were visited; and how much each visit cost. [207182]


 
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Mr. Pearson: During the period 31 March 2002 and 31 March 2003 Northern Ireland Office special advisers travelled abroad on two occasions. One trip was to Dublin costing £203.50 and the other to the United States of America, costing a total of £4,560.80.

The expenditure referred to does not include the cost of hotel accommodation and other associated expenses as it is not possible to isolate those figures which relate solely to special advisers from other costs.

Stolen Property

Mr. George Osborne: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the property belonging to his Department that has (a) been stolen and (b) been reported lost in each year since 1997, broken down by type of article. [206369]

Mr. Paul Murphy: There has only been one item of property belonging to the Northern Ireland Office that has been stolen since 1997. In the 2002–03 financial year a handheld PC, valued at £350, was stolen from the luggage hold of a plane during a flight from London to Belfast.