The information requested is as follows
£000 Year ended 31 July: College 2001 2002 2003 2004 12005 Armagh 4,457 4,619 5,787 6,472 6,988 BIFHE 29,991 30,057 36,805 36,328 39,588 Castlereagh 5,243 5,098 7,043 7,202 6,891 Causeway 5,489 5,923 5,838 7,057 7,290 East Antrim 8,076 8,604 9,264 9,513 9,353 East Down 6,261 6,582 7,217 7,020 8,076 East Tyrone 5,143 5,255 5,444 5,997 7,320 Fermanagh 6,061 6,285 7,541 8,423 0 Limavady 4,791 4,940 5,267 6,458 6,639 Lisburn 5,735 7,007 7,763 7,352 7,396 Newry and Kilkeel 9,401 10,326 12,048 12,909 13,833 NI Hotel and Catering College 1,824 1,975 2— 2— 2— North Down 10,077 11,359 12,868 13,854 14,321 North East 12,074 12,550 12,930 13,641 14,166 North West 18,888 21,735 23,622 23,995 24,051 Omagh 5,204 5,509 5,988 6,129 6,219 Upper Bann 8,589 8,724 9,351 10,701 10,421 Total 147,304 156,548 174,776 183,051 182,552 1 The analysis for the year ended 31 July 2005 represents 15 colleges only, as the accounts for Fermanagh College are not yet finalised. 1 The Hotel and Catering College was amalgamated with the University of Ulster in 2002 and therefore not included in the overall FE funding totals from 2002-03 onwards.
The academic year for Further Education colleges in Northern Ireland runs from 1 August to 31 July and the last full academic year for which audited accounts are available is the year ended 31 July 2005. Detailed in the table is the further education DEL grant and education contracts for each of the colleges over the last five years. It includes statutory and non-statutory provision.
The full-time higher education places allocated to the three colleges are as follows:
Number East Down Institute of Further and Higher Education 110 North Down and Ards Institute of Further and Higher Education 479 Lisburn Institute 78
It should be noted that further education colleges are free to create as many part-time higher education places as they choose.