Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 18 February,Official Report, column 1019, what legislation sets out his responsibilities with regard to approval of staff employed by the Further Education Funding Council.
§ Mr. BoswellProvisions concerning the appointment of staff of the Further Education Funding Council are contained in schedule 1 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Paragraph 7 of that schedule provides that the council may appoint such employees as it thinks fit. The only requirement for approval by the Secretary of State is in the case of the appointment of future chief 507W officers—paragraph 2(3) of that schedule—the first chief officer having been appointed by the Secretary of State under the terms of paragraph 2(2) of that schedule.