AQW 4435/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 03/10/2016
Answered On Date: 18/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what his Department is doing to ease access to the Northern Ireland Office's Fresh Start capital money .

Answer:

The first tranche of projects funded from the Fresh Start Agreement (FSA) for shared and integrated education, was announced in March 16 and included the acceleration of 6 shared and integrated projects already underway. An additional 17 shared and integrated new school proposals were also announced to advance to planning, including the second tranche of the Executive’s shared campus programme. All of the new projects are in the early stages of planning.

I will continue to engage with the Northern Ireland Office regarding future tranches of projects to advance in planning under the fund to ensure that the allocation of FSA spend has a maximum impact on shared and integrated education here.