AQW 37801/11-15


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 21/10/2014
Answered On Date: 06/11/2014
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail the increase in the number of further education qualifications provided for by his Department in each year since the launch of his Department’s Skills Strategy.


Answer:
I have interpreted your question as being about the number of qualifications achieved by learners in further education colleges, which have been funded by the Department through the further education recurrent grant.
On this basis, the numbers of qualifications achieved by learners in further education colleges between 2010/11 and 2012/13 are provided in the table below.
Academic Year
Achievements
2010/11
51,443
2011/12
53,066
2012/13
61,932
Source: Funded Learning Unit (FLU) data.
The figures provided above exclude Essential Skills. The numbers of qualifications achieved by learners in further education colleges in the Essential Skills of literacy, numeracy and ICT, over the same period, are provided in the table below.
Academic Year
Achievements
2010/11
14,907
2011/12
16,132
2012/13
15,643
Source: Funded Learning Unit (FLU) data.
2010/11 is the earliest academic year for which the Department holds validated and reliable data on learner achievements in further education colleges. The 2012/13 academic year is the most recent year for which validated data is available.