AQW 8736/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 12/03/2024
Answered On Date: 09/04/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities for a breakdown of all additional monies allocated by him to external partners since 3 February 2024.

Answer:

Since taking up my post, on 3 February, I have been able to allocate £4.6m of funding to external partners. This is broken down in the table below:

Additional Funding to External Partners (since 3 Feb 24 to 13 March 2024)	£’000
Resource DEL
Supporting People	3,000
Library Bookstock	1,000
Voluntary & Community sector	428
Independent Library Bodies	65
Volunteer Now - 40th Anniversary Event	40
Capital DEL
Musical Instruments Programme	100
Total	4,633