To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many redundancies are estimated as likely to occur among (a) lecturers and (b) ancillary staff in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland arising from new funding arrangements for further education colleges.

Colleges of further education are currently finalising their business plans and these should identify the implications of the new funding arrangements for the staffing of the colleges. It is not yet possible to estimate how many redundancies, if any, are likely to arise as a result of these arrangements.