AQW 14101/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 04/02/2021
Answered On Date: 11/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how much COVID-19 funding he has bid for for 2021/22 ahead of the 2021/22 draft budget; and how he plans to allocate the £380 million contained within the draft budget.

Answer:

My Department bid for £380 million Covid-19 funding in the 2021/22 budget exercise ahead of the 2021/22 draft budget.

The allocation of £380 million to cover our COVID/Rebuild identified pressures is broken down as follows:

£25m for Covid-19 vaccine deployment;

£105m for the ongoing Covid-19 operational response;

£250m for rebuilding services.