AQW 45457/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 06/05/2015
Answered On Date: 14/05/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education whether any Early Years funded groups currently offer funded pre-school places within the Pre-School Education Programme; and if so, to detail how many groups.

Answer:

Funding provided under the Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP) is considered to be sufficient to enable participating groups to be viable.

In the 2014/15 academic year 1615 funded pre-school places within the Programme are provided in 81 groups in which some salaries are currently supported by the Early Years Fund. These places will continue to be funded under PSEP in the same way as all other settings in the Programme.