§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average percentage pay increase in further and higher education colleges for(a) teaching staff, (b) administrative staff and (c) the board of directors in the years (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98 and (iii) 1998–99. [48347]
§ Mr. WilsonPay settlements are the responsibility of individual colleges' Boards of Management. Information on individual annual pay settlements is not held centrally.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to increase local representation on the boards of further and higher education colleges. [48345]
§ Mr. WilsonMy right hon. Friend has no such plans. The Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 already requires that the Board of Management of a368W further education college should be fully representative of local interests. Its membership must include the Principal of the college, two staff and one student representatives, a person nominated by the local enterprise company and others with an interest in the work of the college.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to return further and higher education colleges to local control. [48358]
§ Mr. WilsonMy right hon. Friend has no plans to return further education colleges to local authority control. Each college is now managed by a Board of Management whose members represent various local interests.
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent advice he has given to the boards of further and higher education colleges on pay settlements for(a) teaching staff, (b) administrative staff and (c) the board of directors. [48346]
§ Mr. WilsonIn 1993 the further education colleges became autonomous bodies and each college's Board of Management assumed full responsibility for pay settlements in respect of college staff. Board Members themselves are unpaid. My right hon. Friend has not issued advice on pay settlements.