To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any consideration he has given to developing a single college governance model with fully integrated shared services but operating via local campuses to replace the current regional colleges, as recommended by the Independent Review of Education.

The recommendations from the Independent Review of Education are still under consideration. I am looking forward to the Education Minister bringing forward a paper to the Executive in relation to the review and I look forward to further engagement on this.

My officials have commenced work on a co-designed Further Education Tranformation programme, and whilst developing a single college governance model is not one of the 25 key recommendations, all recommendations will be considered in conjuction with that work.