| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 23639/22-27
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Mrs Michelle Guy
(APNI - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister of Education, in light of his decision to make it compulsory for children to remain in education or training until they are 18 years old, to detail any work he has undertaken with the Minister for the Economy to review the Education Maintenance Allowance.
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| 28/02/2025 |
Answered on 07/03/2025
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AQW 23638/22-27
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Mrs Michelle Guy
(APNI - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether she is considering increasing the Education Maintenance Allowance and linking it to inflation.
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| 28/02/2025 |
Answered on 11/03/2025
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AQW 22383/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to conduct a review into the Education Maintenance Allowance.
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| 11/02/2025 |
Answered on 19/02/2025
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AQW 21927/22-27
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Mr Colin Crawford
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) whether his Department provides any funding and administration for the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme; (ii) whether responsibility is shared between his Department and the Department for the Economy; (iii) whether funding is split between the Departments; and (iv) the role of his Department in relation to the EMA scheme.
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| 04/02/2025 |
Answered on 12/02/2025
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AQW 21877/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the review of further education student support will include a review of the Education Maintenance Allowance.
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| 04/02/2025 |
Answered on 11/02/2025
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AQW 21546/22-27
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Ms Connie Egan
(APNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of recipients of Education Maintenance Allowance in the last five years, broken down by constituency.
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| 29/01/2025 |
Answered on 07/02/2025
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AQW 21497/22-27
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Mr Colin Crawford
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether his Department provides funding and administration for the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme; (ii) whether responsibility is shared between his Department and the Department for the Economy; (iii) whether funding is split between the departments; and (iv) the role of his Department in relation to the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme.
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| 28/01/2025 |
Answered on 04/02/2025
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AQW 21221/22-27
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Ms Cara Hunter
(SDLP - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) any discussions he has had with the Minister for the Economy on uplifting the Education Maintenance Allowance payment for students in Northern Ireland; and (ii) the timeline for payments to rise.
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| 23/01/2025 |
Answered on 05/02/2025
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AQW 20462/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with Executive colleagues about ensuring the Education Maintenance Allowance provides adequate support to students and families to facilitate his plans to extend the compulsory leaving age for education to 18.
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| 13/01/2025 |
Answered on 17/01/2025
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AQO 1224/22-27
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Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he will consider reviewing the household thresholds for Educational Maintenance Allowance payments.
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| 21/11/2024 |
Answered on 02/12/2024
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AQW 10496/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to explain the reduction in his Department’s payments in relation to the Education Maintenance Allowance since 2013.
[Priority Written]
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| 19/04/2024 |
Answered on 23/04/2024
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AQW 10059/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department's spend on the Educational Maintenance Allowance in each of the last ten years.
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| 12/04/2024 |
Answered on 17/04/2024
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AQW 9863/22-27
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Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy what consideration he has given to scoping an uplift of the Educational Maintenance Allowance in line with inflation.
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| 11/04/2024 |
Answered on 24/04/2024
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AQW 4419/22-27
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Mr Peter McReynolds
(APNI - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Education what plans she has to review, or increase, the Education Maintenance Allowance payment.
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| 11/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
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AQW 10629/17-22
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Ms Karen Mullan
(SF - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 9531/17-22, how much it would cost to pay the Educational Maintenance Allowance during each school holiday period.
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| 19/11/2020 |
Answered on 18/12/2020
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AQW 9879/17-22
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Ms Karen Mullan
(SF - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy how much did it cost to pay the Educational Maintenance Allowance during the recent extended mid-term break.
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| 06/11/2020 |
Answered on 11/11/2020
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AQW 3872/17-22
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether Education Maintenance Allowance payments will continue as normal throughout social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 24/03/2020 |
Answered on 23/04/2020
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AQW 2819/16-21
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Mr Barry McElduff
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail the overall number and percentage of pupils currently in receipt of Educational Maintenance Allowance; (ii) to outline why there are differing amounts received; and (iii) to outline the parental income thresholds for determining eligibility or otherwise.
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| 12/09/2016 |
Answered on 16/09/2016
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AQO 8836/11-16
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Mr Joe Byrne
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning for an update on Education Maintenance Allowance payments made to young people who recently enrolled on European Social Fund funded youth education projects.
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| 01/10/2015 |
Answered on 16/10/2015
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AQW 49087/11-16
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning whether further education students who are currently in receipt of an Education Maintenance Allowance will continue to receive this; and for his assessment of the Education Maintenance Allowance as an incentive for young people to remain in full time education.
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| 24/09/2015 |
Answered on 05/10/2015
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