Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which Government training centres have(a) achieved and (b) not been awarded the job skills quality management status. [4240]
§ Mr. WorthingtonResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated 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. John D. Taylor, dated 19 June 1997:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me, as Chief Executive of the Training and Employment Agency, to reply to your question about the number of Training Centres which have reached the standards required under the Jobskills Quality Management System (JQMS).There are ten Training Centres in Northern Ireland and to date three, Dundonald, Lisburn and Omagh, have been awarded JQMS. The remaining Centres at Ballymena, Craigavon, Enniskillen, Felden, Maydown, Newry and Springtown are on line to achieve JQMS before 31 December 1997 in line with a staged implementation of this new standard.I hope you find this information helpful.