AQW 8488/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 09/10/2020
Answered On Date: 19/10/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities what Barnett consequentials are available as a result of the Kickstart programme in the UK; and how much of the allocation has been allocated to her Department to support the Communities Jobstart programme due to commence in November 2020.

Answer:

Following the British Chancellor’s update the Executive received Barnett consequential of £6.116m of Resource DEL in 2020/21 for New Jobs for Young People. It is for the Executive to decide how this is allocated.

My Department bid for £4.8m for Labour Market Inventions in 2020/21 but to date has received no Executive allocation. My Department is now seeking to manage this pressure internally through reprioritising and reallocating funding. A further bid will be considered as part of January Monitoring for any pressure remaining to 31 March 2021.