§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will identify by name and by size of governing body in each case only those colleges and polytechnics in the PCFC sector for which he has agreed revised instruments of government under the Education Reform Act 1988 where the size of the governing body is in excess of 21 persons; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonFor those institutions in the PCFC sector re-established as higher education corporations (HECs) under sections 121 and 122 of the Education Reform Act 1988, the size of the governing body is governed by the30W provisions of schedule 7 to the ERA within which the size of each governing body is decided by the institution itself. Those HECs with governing bodies in excess of 21 persons are as follows:
Number Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education 25 Polytechnic of East London 25 Humberside College of Higher Education 25 Lancashire Polytechnic 25 The London Institute 25 Luton College of Higher Education 23 Newcastle Polytechnic 25 Salford College of Technology 25 Sheffield Polytechnic 25 Teesside Polytechnic 24 Thames Valley College of Higher Education 23 Assisted institutions which were designated under section 129(2) of the ERA were asked to bring their intruments in line with those of the HECs, and these were subsequently agreed by my right hon. Friend. Those with governing bodies in excess of 21 persons are as follows:
Number City of London Polytechnic 25 Polytechnic of North London 25 Thames Polytechnic 25 Central School of Speech and Drama 25 Derbyshire College of Higher Education 25
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will identify by name and by size of governing body in each case only those further education and higher education colleges in the maintained sector for which he has agreed revised instruments of government under the ERA 1988 where the size of the governing body is in excess of 21 persons; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonTo date my right hon. Friend has approved for the following institutions instruments of government which provide in each case for a governing body in excess of 21 members:
Members Blackburn College 22 Bradford and Ilkley Community College 22 Croydon College 23 Newcastle College 22 Preston College 22 Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education 22 Solihull College of Technology 22 South Tyneside College 22 Suffolk College of Higher and Further Education 22 In addition, my right hon. Friend has indicated that he would be prepared to approve an instrument of government for Central Manchester college of technology providing for a governing body of 22 members.