AQW 29757/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 13/01/2014
Answered On Date: 22/01/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development whether his Department is on target to spend the full budget allocation of the Boiler Replacement Scheme.

Answer:

The Boiler Replacement Scheme commenced on the 1st September 2012 with a total budget of £12m, allocated by the NI Executive over the three financial years 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15. In addition, £6m match funding has been secured from the European Regional Development Fund for the final two years of the scheme.

In the 16 months up to the end of December 2013, almost £7m of the total funding allocation has been spent which indicates that my Department is on target to spend the full budget allocation.