AQW 52678/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 22/09/2026
Answered On Date: 05/10/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any consideration her Department is giving to providing additional language learning resource, to make up for the withdrawal of courses both in further education and at A-Level.

Answer:

Under Article 13 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, college Governing Bodies (GBs) are responsible for securing the efficient and effective management of their institutions and for ensuring the provision of suitable and efficient Further Education (FE).

Decisions on the courses offered by FE colleges, including the provision or withdrawal of particular language courses, are therefore operational matters for individual colleges and their GBs.