Mr. DiasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education which further education colleges have been found to be mismanaged by the Further Education Funding Council; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. BoswellOn 17 November the Further Education Funding Council for England published reports on the governance and management of Derby tertiary college, Wilmorton and St Philip's Roman Catholic sixth form college, Birmingham. The funding council has recommended that my right hon. Friend should exercise her power under section 57 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to remove all the governors from both institutions and replace them with new governors. There is no evidence to suggest that the problems of mismanagement, identified as affecting these two colleges by the reports are widespread.