HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 cc1661-2W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether non-reaching staff in the voluntary grammar and integrated education sector will be included in the job evaluation scheme being funded and carried out by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. [159590]

Jane Kennedy

Job evaluations in the voluntary grammar school and grant-maintained school sectors are a matter for individual schools, as the employing authorities. The Department of Education will be discussing with representatives of these sectors the implications of job evaluations in Education and Library Boards, and any consequent budgetary pressures will be considered in light of the resources available and the associated circumstances.