AQW 11517/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 08/05/2024
Answered On Date: 16/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education whether he intends to increase the School Uniform Grant for 2024-25.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) was able to uplift its school uniform grant rates by 20% in 2022/23 following an additional allocation of funding by the previous Minister of Education. Severe budgetary pressures mean that it has not been possible to allocate any additional funding to the EA to implement a further rise in the rates of uniform grant for the 2024/25 academic year.