§ Mr. StottTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total amount of teaching time taught by part-time teachers and in the form of additional hours for full-time teachers in the North Eastern education and library board area additional hours budget, broken down by college.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 18 June 1990]: The hours taught by part-time teachers and the additional hours taught by full-time teachers vary throughout the year depending on demand. However, all FE colleges make a standard return each year to the Department of Education in respect of the position in the third week of October. In the week ending 20 October 1989 the following hours were worked in colleges in the North-Eastern Board area.
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Part-time hours Additional hours Antrim 209.9 27.4 Ballymena 376.42 130.50 Coleraine 169.5 100 Larne 109 13 Magherafelt 129.07 68.68 Newtownabbey 489.96 44.46 North Antrim 85 55 Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College 41.16 2.66
§ Mr. StottTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of part-time lecturers employed in each further education college in the North Eastern education and library board area, broken down by college.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 18 June 1990]: The use of part-time lecturers is reported to the Department of Education annually to show the position in the third week of October. In the North-Eastern Education and Library Board area the following numbers of part-time lecturers were employed in the week ending 20 October 1989.
Number Antrim 48 Ballymena 78 Coleraine 40 Larne 24 Magherafelt 23 Newtownabbey 140 North Antrim 28 Northern Ireland Hotel and Catering College 5
§ Mr. StottTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Department of Education has approved the 24 redundancies announced by the North Eastern education and library board.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 18 June 1990]: The North-Eastern Education and Library Board has assessed the number of full-time lecturers which each of its further education colleges will require to deliver the youth training programme courses under the new block funding arrangements and has decided that the existing number of full-time YTP posts should be reduced. The revised number of YTP posts has been agreed with the Department of Education.
§ Mr. StottTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what specific measures have been taken by the North Eastern education and library board to avoid redundancies.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[holding answer 18 June 1990]: The board has examined the possibility of redeployment within each college and to other colleges and schools in its area. It has also identified a number of full-time lecturers who wish to take early retirement. These steps have reduced the number of compulsory redundancies to a minimum.