AQW 42396/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 17/02/2015
Answered On Date: 25/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 41364/11-15, for an update on the pilot Full Service Programmes and whether the Full Service approach will be pursued further by his Department in 2015.

Answer:

The Department has continued to fund the Full Service Extended Schools programme in place at the Belfast Boys Model and Belfast Model School for Girls in North Belfast and the Full Service Community Network in West Belfast. Both programmes received £385k in the 2014/15 financial year.

I am currently finalising my 2015-16 spending plans and the continuation of any Full Service funding beyond 31 March 2015 will be considered in the context of my overall spending plans for education which I hope to announce in the near future.