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Written question asked by Alasdair McDonnell (Social Democratic & Labour Party) on Friday, 14 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 July 2006. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Language Support

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what language support services were available to each college of further and higher education in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland in the last four academic years; and how much was allocated by each college to such services in each year.
Answer

Following incorporation in 1998, education and library boards relinquished their responsibility for further education colleges.For the purposes of addressing this question, the term ““language support services”” has been defined as ““translation and interpretation”” costs.Details of language support services available in each college of further and higher education over the last four academic years is presented in the following table.

Cost of language support services (translation and interpretation) in academic year
£
College name 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Armagh College 0 0 0 0
Belfast Institute 0 0 0 7,000
Castlereagh College 0 0 0 0
Causeway Institute 0 0 0 0
East Antrim Institute 0 0 3,045 2,430
East Down Institute 0 0 0 0
East Tyrone 0 0 0 0
Fermanagh College 0 0 0 0
Limavady College 0 0 0 0
Lisburn Institute 0 0 0 300
Newry and Kilkeel Institute 0 0 320 400
North Down and Ards Institute 0 0 0 0
North East Institute 0 0 0 0
North West Institute 0 0 0 0
Omagh College 0 0 0 18,000
Upper Bann 0 0 0 400

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
86572; 451 c1227-8W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Education Further education Languages Northern Ireland
Link
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