AQW 12384/22-27
Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down
Tabled Date: 22/05/2024
Answered On Date: 06/06/2024
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount spent on youth services in North Down in the last five years.
Answer:
The Education Authority are currently unable to provide a breakdown solely for North Down as spend on youth services is held by district council area. However, the amount spent on youth services in Ards & North Down district council in the last five years is as follows: Year | EA Recurrent | EA Capital | Comments | 19-20 | £659,307 | £0 | | 20-21 | £620,470 | £245,070 | Includes 56k Covid Relief Funding | 21-22 | £1,138,057 | £299,944 | (includes £324k of Covid Relief funding/DE Capital/MIS Scheme) | 22-23 | £958,163 | £10,352 | | 23-24 | £1,087,641 | £5,377 | |
Voluntary Capital Youth Organisation | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | TOTAL | Girlguiding Ulster | £23, 736 | £544,643 | £9,645 | £408 | £59,447 | £637,879 |
The Department has asked EA to look at how, moving forward, figures can be provided at a more specific area level, including by constituency.
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