§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many full and part-time lecturing staff were employed in colleges of further education using funds provided by the Training and Employment Agency in each year since 1990; [1113]
155W(2) how much money has been provided by the Training and Employment Agency for the employment of lecturing staff in institutes of further and higher education in real and constant price terms. [114]
§ Mr. AncramResponsibility for the subject in question has been passed to the Training and Employment Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Ian Walters. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Ian Walters to Mr. Tony Worthington, dated 21 November 1995:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, to reply to your question.The Agency purchases training from approximately 160 training providers in Northern Ireland including the Colleges of Further Education. Since these colleges also provide training which is paid for from other sources, it is therefore not possible for the Agency to determine the number of full and part-time lecturing staff whose employment is directly or indirectly due to Agency funding.The Training and Employment Agency does not itself employ lecturing staff in Colleges of Further Education and therefore cannot provide a meaningful response to your question.I am sorry that I cannot be more helpful on this occasion.