AQW 6788/22-27


Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim


Tabled Date: 16/02/2024
Answered On Date: 29/02/2024
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what funding has been provided to (i) statutory youth services; and (ii) non-statutory youth services, in each of the last five years.


Answer:
Funding provided to statutory youth services and non-statutory youth services, in each of the last five years is provided in the table below.
Resource Funding
Year
Voluntary Sector
£’000
Statutory
Sector
£’000
Total Resource
£’000
2019/20
14,318
21,245
35,563
2020/21
15,205
22,113
37,318
2021/22
21,524
22,196
43,720
2022/23
14,429
26,116
40,545
2023/24
15,745
25,089
40,834
Capital Funding
Year
EA Youth Resource
£000s
Capital EA Statutory
£000s
Capital EA Voluntary
£000s
2019/20
35,563
5,047
7,402
2020/21
37,318
5,365
2,299
2021/22
43,720
4,753
1,182
2022/23
40,545
1,496
103
2023/24
41,616
2,670
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Most up to date figures provided as year-end not available