Birmingham Metropolitan College – Assembly Questions

•	To ask the Minister to confirm the content of his Department's letter to the Belfast Metropolitan College and to provide a copy to the Library of the Assembly  which the college has read as DEL's approval of its “College Improvement Plan”.

•	To ask the Minister if an Equality Impact Assessment was carried out in respect of the BMC College Improvement Plan?

•	To ask the Minister if his Department has seen the out-turn statement of accounts at the end of July 2010 provided by the BMC to the Northern Ireland Audit Office.

•	To ask the Minister, in view of the serious public concern arising from the large number of redundancies at the Belfast Metropolitan College, to make those figures available with immediate effect to the DEL Committee and the recognised trade unions.

•	To ask the Minister to provide a statement of the extent of financial reserves and cash in bank accounts currently held by the BMC and its current ratio as of the end of July 2010.

•	To ask the Minister if and how management at BMC consulted or engaged with different grades of staff in respect of its College Improvement Plan?

•	To ask the Minister if he is aware that the BMC is disregarding the agreed regional procedure for the handling of redundancies in institutions of further education and for his view in that matter.

•	To ask the Minister if he plans to meet with the recognised trade unions as a matter of urgency following their request?