| An Roinn Fostaíochta agus Foghlama; Ulster Scots: Depairtment for Employ an Learnin | |
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| Formed | December 1999 (as Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment) |
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| Dissolved | 6 May 2016 |
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| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Adelaide House, 39–49 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FD |
| Employees | 2,111 (September 2011)[1] |
| Annual budget | £787.3 million (current) & £41.2 million (capital) for 2011–12[2] |
| Website | www.delni.gov.uk |
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The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), (Irish: An Roinn Fostaíochta agus Foghlama;[3] Ulster Scots: Depairtment for Employ an Learnin),[4] was a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department was the Minister for Employment and Learning. The department was initially known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (DHFETE), between 1999 and 2001.
Following the Fresh Start Agreement of November 2015, DEL was dissolved and its functions transferred to the Department for the Economy and Department for Communities, in order to reduce the size of the Northern Ireland Executive.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Quarterly Employment Survey Historical Data". Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Budget 2011–15" (PDF). Department of Finance and Personnel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ "Customer Service Standards 2007–2008" (PDF) (in Irish). Department for Employment and Learning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Customer Service Standards 2007–2008" (PDF) (in Scots). Department for Employment and Learning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.