To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer of 22 November 1995, Official Report, column 156, how many Northern Ireland students attend (a) Northern Ireland; and (b) Republic of Ireland universities; and how many there are in the same academic specialisms referred to in that answer. [3642]

The numbers of Northern Ireland domiciled students enrolled at Northern Ireland universities in 1994–95 by academic specialism are as follows:

	Northern Ireland Universities
Medicine and dentistry	1,028
Subjects allied to medicine	2,047
Biological sciences	1,795
Veterinary sciences	14
Agriculture and related subjects	264
Physical sciences	1,346
Mathematical/computer sciences	1,991
Engineering and Technology	2,129
Architecture, building and planning	947
Social, economic and political students/law	3,720
Business and administrative studies	4,583
Librarianship and information science	365
Languages	1,022
Humanities	1,124
Creative arts	988
Education	2,010
Combined	1,962
Unknown	9
Total	27,344

In 1994–95 there were 816 Northern Ireland domiciled students enrolled at universities in the Republic of Ireland. A breakdown by academic specialism is not available.